My speculation as to why they would do such a horrible thing is because they know they can't hold the position and want to cause as much damage as possible before they leave. Why would they bomb civilian targets like apartment buildings?
"The botched launch triggered false alarms in South Korea and Japan. Cell phones in Seoul blared out warnings to prepare to seek shelter, while alerts in Japan advised residents on the island of Okinawa to take cover. Both were later canceled when it became clear that the projectile posed no threat."
"South Korea's military released pictures of what appear to be pieces of the rocket, which it salvaged from sea, possibly allowing the South to analyze the North's rocket technology."
These quotes from the article would suggest that the more trustworthy sources of Japan and South Korea feel confident that it did in fact fail. Apparently the second stage of the rocket which was supposed to take the satellite much higher into the atmosphere failed. That isn't the type of thing that you can easily hide.
First of all, if you didn't mean to imply it that's one thing, but it is clear to me that "Depends on if the invaders plan to genocide the people or not. The threat of genocide should influence a leader to fight. The cost of genocide outweighs lives lost in conflict." implies that whether or not you should fight an invading force "depends" on the threat of genocide. The word depends in this context means that the outcome will be different if there is or is not genocide. So let's not say that you DIDN'T imply it because you did. Misspeaking is fine, misrepresenting what you said after the fact is disingenuous and reduces your credibility in my eyes which makes it harder for me to engage in a meaningful way with you.
Now that we've established that you believe that fighting back against a hostile invading force is a reasonable course of action you have moved the goal posts back to claim that while fighting back (which Ukraine is doing) is fine, the fact that you view them as dependent on foreign countries to support their ability to fight means that they shouldn't fight back? Clearly it isn't a gamble since Ukraine has been successfully defending for nearly a year and a half. Of course they are also losing lives in the war, but not only are they losing lives at a FAR lower rate than Russia, but even in your perfect hypothetical where a country is invaded by a hostile force and can successfully defend without receiving any aid from any outside sources, they will still lose lives in that successful defense.
You said that if the invader intends to commit genocide that that should influence the leader of the country being invaded to fight, right? That implies that if the invader does NOT intend to commit genocide that you shouldn't fight, you should instead flee, correct? I don't want to put words in your mouth here so correct me if I'm wrong please. Do you think they should fight in either case or am I understanding you correctly in that they should run if there is no threat of genocide?
So if Ukraine invades Russia and threatens to commit genocide then Russia should just flee and give them as much territory as they want right?
Edit: excuse me, I misread your comment. That's my fault. Let me rephrase. If Ukraine invades Russia without intending to commit genocide then Russia should flee and give them as much land as they want right?
Enjoy my "shitposting" then. I won't be engaging with someone that refuses to actually address the points that I raise. Again, this is not a post stating "yesterday was the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre" so your claim this time that "if the world would start shit posting every day would be memorial day to remember atrocities committed by your own government on your own people, and there is plenty." makes no sense.
"You don’t need to say the literal words to mean something." - By criticizing the CCP I am not in any way implying that America is good. It's true that you CAN imply things without actually saying them, but it is disingenuous at best to assume that me criticizing the CCP is the same as me "actively contributing to the image of the US and its lapdogs as good guys". I am very much able to hold the belief that the CCP is in the wrong and that USA isn't perfect at the same time.
No thanks. I don't give a fuck about getting ratio'd. Let the people decide. Assuming this platform ever gets more traction, which it seems to be doing, the vast majority of the people that come here won't be tankies so... no, no I don't think I will go somewhere else.
Nice job trying to justify the Tiananmen Square massacre. Now can you justify the detention of 32 people and the restriction of the square itself which took place yesterday?