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  • That's why I literally specified the "north" pushed all the way to Seoul. The halting was pretty single handedly the intervention of China, there was no means of counter offensive without them. Then the Korean People's Army managed to push back to Seoul. Keep in mind at the very start of the war, following the outbreak, the KPA actually captured Seoul. The UN forces arrived following this and came close to ending the war in defeat for the liberation movement.

    People forget there are essentially four battles of Seoul in that war, the first two are the DPRK on their own, the later ones are with China having intervened. The UN captured Pyongyang ffs in October 1950. In early 1951 with the PVA having pushed the overstretched US back, the KPA was at Seoul again.

    I think the wikipedia map gif is honestly a great visual of it, keep in mind Seoul is inly a little south of the 38th parallel https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Korean_war_1950-1953.gif

    also this map showing in dotted lines how far things got by January of 1951. https://www.enemyinmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/korean_war_inset_c-1.jpg

    Some Korean units had actually been stationed in manchuria to rebuild strength during that far extent of the UN forces northward. For instance the 5th corps of the KPA. A lot of forces didn't get the chance to take part fully in the collapse of the UN incursion, instead reentering or being at full force again when fighting reached near the 38th parallel. After all the PVA could do this incredible shocking campaign, but it means nothing if there are not Korean forces to hold those gains and get their footing again.

    I sadly couldn't find a number for the size of a Korean corps in comparison the a PVA army.

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    Bulletins and News Discussion from September 9th to September 15th, 2024 - Viva Sandino! - COTW: Nicaragua
  • Damn they got banned for a bit back in 2023 for

    frequently calling on its supporters to insurrectional movements, which has led to serious consequences, including loss of life, many wounded, as well as acts of looting of public and private property.

    And still won the presidency first round

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  • They are continuing this with the goal of improving moral. They know their internal politics are even more fucked if the killing stops. So this way they can deal with the contradictions all the while the US will just pour money and weapons in and give them total support. If Israel was having this internal conflict without the war the US would probably pick a side again like when they gestured towards getting Bibi out of there a few years ago, iirc backing Bennet

  • Why the Chinese are Dissatisfied with Black Myth: Wukong
  • Also how political is anyone going to be when adapting Journey to the West? Like you can do vague theming about empires, but it is such a beloved and well known story, and one fundamentally about spirituality, not political intrigue

  • Song For Basra -David Rovics

    > If I could sing a song for every bomb that flies

    > I'd sing each and all the days

    > If there were to be a verse for every dying child's cries

    > For every helpless father's gaze

    > If I wrote a love letter to each corpse as it is carried

    > I'd never still my pen

    > If I had to stop a moment for each one that's been buried

    > I'd never move again

    > And the stocks are going up in some safe place in America

    > Sing a song for Basra

    > If I could shed a tear for every home that bombs destroy

    > I'd never stop crying

    > If every broken brick were a heart of a little girl or boy

    > All the world's children would be sighing

    > If I could hold each shattered body, each baby stilled at birth

    > I'd have no time for loneliness

    > I'd spend all my time embracing the people of this savaged earth

    > Feeling the poisoned wind's caress

    > And the billionaires are laughing in some safe place in America

    > Sing a song for Basra

    > If each barren pharmacy were a woman's shining eyes

    > I'd fall in love forever

    > If every bombed-out kindergarten were a factory in disguise

    > Wouldn't that be clever

    > But bricks are only bricks, and dust is only dust

    > And death is all around

    > Each day another missile falls and sometimes the only thing to trust

    > Is the shaking of the ground

    > And they're loading up the warplanes in some safe place in America

    > Sing a song for Basra

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