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[-] toilet_wolf@lemmygrad.ml 33 points 8 months ago

“While there is a debate about the effectiveness of sanctions, what we are now seeing is what would start to happen if the sanctions were removed,” said Byrne. “This is giving North Korea a very significant lift.”

oh no, anything but that

[-] cayde6ml@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 8 months ago

"I broke into your house and shot you and your wife! Yet you still survive. This is more proof that I should have shot you more, because you're dangerous!"

[-] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

"While there is a debate about the effectiveness of sanctions, what we are now seeing is what would happen if the sanctions were removed"

That has the same energy as "I know that it's a racist pseudoscience, but it's still a useful theory so I'm going to continue to believe it" (Actual thing a libertarian said to me)

[-] Sodium_nitride@lemmygrad.ml 23 points 8 months ago

Imagine if china and Russia torpedo the sanctions regime, and North korea develops to become a reasonably prosperous state. Beautiful.

[-] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 8 months ago

They were doing pretty well before USSR fell, I imagine now that there's open trade with Russia things will improve rapidly. Russia can provide them with everything they need in terms of resources, and they already have a powerful industrial base.

[-] ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 8 months ago

Archive link: https://archive.is/y3N4B

Wow the comments are exactly like a worldnews thread

[-] stmcld@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago

Lol it truly is. But i'm surprised people are even commenting against the pro west narrative. I don't usually read the comments, so I'm not sure if it usually happens there.

[-] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Paywalled

Edit: non-paywalled https://archive.is/jiNFQ

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