• Yiazmat@lemmygrad.ml
    33·
    9 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·
      9 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.mlEnglish
      14·
      9 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
    241·
    9 months ago

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

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
      162·
      9 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.

    • AdeptusPrimaris@lemmy.ml
      11·
      9 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.