I’m not skeptical per se. I’ve just been propagandized so fucking much—I grew up watching those propagandocumentaries on the National Geographic Channel about the DPRK, etc., fr that was what I watched instead of cartoons lol.
Pretend I’m a lib who you’re trying to convince, or something. In addition to calming this feeling in my gut like something isn’t making sense, I want to be able to make this argument, myself.
It is a cold war, let’s be real (and thank god it is). There were lots of exercises and demonstrations and “practice” during the cold war as well. But the rest of your point is 1000% correct.
It’s the hottest cold war ever since North Korea doesn’t know whether the invasion is fake or legit until the very last second. If a western country had to deal with anything similar, people wouldn’t mince words in any case.
for sure.