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That's an interesting expression. What kind of people would you LIKE to meet in a dark alley?
Friends. The principled and empathetic. Those who give one another the benefit of the doubt and default to altruism in the absence of specific threat.
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1. Israel is an ally of the US. 2. Intention matter. 3. So does governance. 4. Did you really compare North Korea to Israel, say they are comparable? If Y there is no talking to you. Have a nice day.
What's North Korea's intent? (I thought unification) What's Israels intent? (I thought unification) Are they comparable? Seems, at face value, they are. I'm not sure what you are getting at with the governance point. > If Y there is no talking to you. Have a nice day. Really? That's the position you want to take?
Type of government - representative democracy versus totalitarian dictatorship.
That's the position you want to take?
Yes.
Having NGOs conduct killing on behalf of the government is a tried-and-true method of counterinsurgence (South American paramilitary death squads for example). The plausible deniability introduced by working through a proxy allows the government to conduct more politically risky operations (including false flag attacks if public support is waning). Criticizing the government becomes riskier. And, if not held in check…
Well said - similar happened in Europe during the 1970s with people being classified as (left-wing) terrorists (and a few might have certainly been) and being "transported" between countries by so-called freelancers - TMK quite a few did not survive the travel and definitely no obituaries in the press.