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The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea

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Re: The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea

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The only rational response to this is deep, deep skepticism. In the old days of the USSR, while very difficult, it was at least conceivable that you could just fly to moscow and see if they were eating their children there or burning priests or god knows whatever else. There was a natural limit to the deception that could occur and further a normal person could make conclusions about the things they saw with their ow…

One could not pick a more well-deserving country to practice their military (or military posturing) on, though

Re: The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I mentioned that the toll of the “horrendous crime” of 9-11, committed with “wickedness and awesome cruelty” (quoting Robert Fisk), may be comparable to the consequences of Clinton’s bombing of the Al-Shifa plant in August 1998 There is still a moral difference: Al-Qaida tries to kill as many american civilians as they can. The US doesn't try to kill as many arab civilians as they can. > The only inaccuracy in this…

> There is still a moral difference: Al-Qaida tries to kill as many american civilians as they can. The US doesn't try to kill as many arab civilians as they can. Terrible argument. Consider several events from Al-Shifa bombing, bombing of Nagasaki etc. targeting a purely civilian population to achieve political and military goals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Menu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_R…

> US installing a dictator to prevent dictatorship in a democracy has to be the most insane arguments that I keep seeing that makes me question the entire education system!

It worked though. Chile is a democracy now, no communist country is.

Re: The NSA has linked the WannaCry computer worm to North Korea

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post #252

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> There is still a moral difference: Al-Qaida tries to kill as many american civilians as they can. The US doesn't try to kill as many arab civilians as they can. Terrible argument. Consider several events from Al-Shifa bombing, bombing of Nagasaki etc. targeting a purely civilian population to achieve political and military goals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Menu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_R…

> US installing a dictator to prevent dictatorship in a democracy has to be the most insane arguments that I keep seeing that makes me question the entire education system! It worked though. Chile is a democracy now, no communist country is.

Chile was a democracy and US helped overthrow the democracy and install a dictatorship. The citizens managed to resist and recover their democracy after 20 years at a great cost to the country's poor and privatization of Chiles public mineral wealth. Also known as Chiles 9/11. What exactly "worked" here?

Also, are you seriously suggesting that no former communist country is a democracy now? How is this completely random false statement relevant to this discussion?

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