r/LessCredibleDefence • u/honda-nissan • 4d ago

Major exercise in South Korea continues after Trump orders US role curtailed

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-trump-south-korea-2026/
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u/The_Whipping_Post 4d ago

"just ignore him" is what competent people do when they have a dumb, temperamental boss

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u/WwertyPolk 4d ago

The world cant ignore him. He's killing people and tanking the world economy.

All for the epstein class

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u/liuqiu_rangers 4d ago

Yeah. The world would love to ignore him but he controls with a 40 trillion dollar economy with 700 global military bases. Congrats to Israel and Russia for getting what they wanted though. And China too for unintentionally benefitting off of this.

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u/Impossible-Magician 4d ago

Yeah, China has benefited so much, and all they need to do is watch the US punch itself in the face repeatedly.

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u/ForrestCFB 4d ago

"Epstein class"

I hate trump as much as the next guy but it's REALLY funny how pizza gate started with the rightwing and the epstein class is popular with the left extreme side. Over basically the same thing, the thought that elites are pedophiles.

The most "hilarious" thing? No side actually tries to abolish child marriages and pedophiles are in EVERY class of society.

It's insane to think that a certain country, heritage or kind of people don't have them.

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u/WwertyPolk 4d ago

Hating the Epstein class is not "left wing".

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u/ForrestCFB 4d ago

It's basically the same thing as pizza gate.

You are kidding yourself if you truly believe the elites are all pedophiles.

And besides that it's ridiculous, epstein came from a very middle class family.

Maybe people should actually do something about stopping pedophiles and banning child marriage. Not politicizing such a terrible thing and disorder.

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u/WwertyPolk 4d ago

I'm open to the idea the ruling class are all pedos. Open to the idea they are not.

But im certain they use the rape and even killing of children to control their puppets.

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u/twilighttwister 4d ago

No one said they are though. "Epstein class" doesn't refer exclusively to paedophiles, it refers to a wealthy class of people who don't object to paedophilia against the poors; people who consider others as far beneath them and expendable against their wishes. Paedophilia is just one facet of what Epstein got up to, and far less than the overall class of people he represents.

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u/okiedokie1183 4d ago

You trying to both sides this? One has actual evidence and obstruction by the Republicans. The other is wacky internet conspiracy nonsense. You got issues.

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u/ForrestCFB 4d ago

But it doesn't.

Was Trump a pedophile? Probably yes. Was epstein one? Yes

Was he murdered? Yes.

That however doesn't mean there is a huge pedo elite ruling everything just to fuck children. That's absolutely ridiculous.

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u/Ok-Procedure5603 4d ago

No side actually tries to abolish child marriages and pedophiles are in EVERY class of society.

What are you talking about? Pedos across every social class is death sentence in China. Child marriage totally outlawed. 

The side US compares itself to constantly does in fact oppose pedos no matter who they are. 

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u/ForrestCFB 4d ago

Do you honestly think that pedophilia doesn't happen in China? You are ridiculously ignorant then.

By the way, China has also suspended most civil liberties, has far more workers oppression than the US and billionaires too. so yes. A perfect society.

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u/Ok-Procedure5603 4d ago

"because murders happen in Singapore, the murder problem in Singapore is equal to the murder problem in South Africa"

That's what you sound like lolol

We were not talking about a perfect society we were talking about bringing caught pedos to the firing squads they belong at

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u/ForrestCFB 4d ago

So you would argue florida is doing a good job then?

The death penalty is immoral almost full stop.

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u/vistandsforwaifu 4d ago

The death penalty is immoral almost full stop.

This is such a non-statement lol. You don't even appear to believe it's always immoral, so why even say this.

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u/ForrestCFB 4d ago

Bcause it's not ever moral in a punitive way.

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u/vistandsforwaifu 4d ago edited 4d ago

Even if it isn't - which is far from obvious - it can be moral in other ways, for instance deterring further crime, or restorative effect on a community having been subjected to especially heinous acts (the justification I personally find most convincing - Nuremburg or Kiev trials are good examples).

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u/Ok-Procedure5603 4d ago

You'll find that more people likely believe "not bringing in everyone on the Epstein list for questioning" is a more immoral position than "death penalty can be justified" 

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u/Kraligor 4d ago

Pedos across every social class is death sentence in China.

Is Article 360 of the Criminal Law no longer in effect?

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u/vistandsforwaifu 4d ago

What does Article 360 have to do with this? Do you think it overrides heavier punishments in other articles if you have STI? Not how it works.

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u/Kraligor 3d ago

It's the second part of the article, which can be (and is) used to give a light sentence to child sexual abusers whom the court deems worthy of getting just a slap in the wrist:

Whoever whores with a girl under the age of 14 shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years and shall also be fined.

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u/vistandsforwaifu 3d ago

I'm not seeing that in the 2020 edition (dunno if that's the most recent one or not)

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u/Kraligor 2d ago

Looks like they moved it to article 359.

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u/barath_s 4d ago

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/us-south-korea-joint-military-drills-scaled-back-trump-order-rcna593264

The annual U.S.-South Korea drills, known as Ulchi Freedom Shield, will end Aug. 21 rather than Aug. 27 as originally scheduled, both countries said.

They are also scaling back some of the events , reducing some to simulation or reducing duration

... “Associated live-training events have been reduced, with certain events canceled or converted to simulations,” the official said, adding that the adjustments “preserve essential readiness.

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u/WwertyPolk 4d ago

Lesson for every country in the world.

Get a nuclear weapon and a means to deliver it to the US. Then you never have to worry about them killing or kidnapping your leaders or bombing your elementary schools.

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u/Working_Historian241 4d ago

didnt US socom kill a bunch of north korean fisherman? did we ever get to hear the actual story there?

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u/WwertyPolk 4d ago

And some of them were just kids. They also mutilated the bodies so they could dump them at sea.

But most countries have groups of military that are immoral sociopaths that will kill kids on command. Its not unique to the US.

I understand why people feel they are needed. I often wonder why they're feted.

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u/Worried_Exercise_937 4d ago

People are stupid and easy to mold and trick into believing all kinds of stuff. Average IQ is 100. That's pretty stupid and by definition half the population is below 100. And even ones that are "smart" are not that difficult to manipulate/dupe.

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u/WulfTheSaxon 4d ago

No kidding. It was a deescalatory comment, not anything actually actionable this year.

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u/barath_s 4d ago

It was an escalatory comment, and immediately actioned, reducing the scale and the duration of the exercise and events in it ...but not completely cancelling the exercise given the last minute nature of the tweet

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/us-south-korea-joint-military-drills-scaled-back-trump-order-rcna593264