I would really like to know exactly where you are coming from here.
Is propaganda inherently a form of deceit in your estimation?
Do you believe that people can be rallied to go to war without propaganda or at least comparatively low levels of propaganda?
This was a response to the previous past before this one, where I said it was hipocrisy to say that interventions came from a concerned heart rather than political & economical interest. What I meant to say is that saying a country intervenes out of pure concern for people is most of the times a lie. It just reminded me of that time not long ago Obama said the crimes against Syrian civilians were so horrible that he couldn't let them go unpunished, when here and now , and for a long period of time, we have a clear example of crimes going unpunished. Just pointing out the contradiction.
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n regards of propaganda, I believe it can be deceitful(which is very common), but that wasn't exactly my point. My point was that public and world support are not that hard to accomplish. We have examples of that. Nazi Germany (yeah I know everyone mentions it, but it's a good example ), and even the propaganda that was used during World War II here in the US. There is propaganda to increase the number of recruits right now.
I agree, but I do not believe military intervention and nation-building is the answer. The best possible solution would be to, like I said, make a concerted effort at weakening the regime, empowering the people of North Korea, and perhaps aiding South Korea in whatever way possible with it's efforts toward reunification.
Not altogether unlike what happened in Germany twenty-five years ago.
Do I know the exact way to execute those objectives? No. I am not an expert on North Korea or foreign policy. What I do know is that this general route is preferable to both willful lassitude and direct military intervention.
I agree weakening the regime would be the answer, but as I said, I don't know what would be the best way to accomplish that would be. I just know that not doing anything about it doesn't help. I'm not expert either, so that's my humble opinion, because doing nothing has never done anyone no good.