lol for them it wasn't trivial

they do though. world hegemons have always done military adventures for superficial reasons

@Techpriest of house Roundeye like?

like what xD lmoa

which adventures

Im saying they were already in a position to be invaded because of political isolation. Reason itself was more likely a geopolitical one and expansion of power or at the very least denial of expansion for liberalism enemy

North korea wa as isolated as it gets after fall of USSR

lol

they have nukes tho

and it wasnt invaded not even in 90's when they had a famine

No lie Saddam was basically set up in the first gulf war.

no the ydidnt have them in 90s

Nukes lets North Korea have a "safe distance" from invasion

British Empire in South Africa, Afganistan, China, Crimea.}
America in Grenada, Panama, Equador Colombia,
Soviet Union in Afganistan,
Russia in Georgia and South Ossetia
Japan in Korea all 3 times

Its not worth the effort to invade Korea

Kim Jong-il himself thought Saddam was an idiot to get himslef invaded

definitely was for iraq. no allies, no nukes

US Ambassador to Iraq in 1990: We have no opinion on your Arab-Arab conflicts, such as your dispute with Kuwait. Secretary Baker has directed me to emphasize the instruction, first given to Iraq in the 1960s, that the Kuwait issue is not associated with America.

DPRK👏🏻 DIDNT👏🏻 HAVE👏🏻 NUKES👏🏻 IN👏🏻 90'S
get that through your thick skulls
and yet they didnt get yeeted

Kim wasnt wrong, Saddam definitely put himself in that position

I also heard the CIA stating that they can take advantgae of Iraq's many groups to build an Anti-Saddam coalition when the U.S. invaded, can't do that in Best Korea

But the DPRK did have enough artillery aimed at Soul to demolish the SK economy

also cuba is even more isolated than iraq
and they werent invaded

its as good as a nuke

They were invaded

@vexmasina44 Nukes are a stronger guarantee, they still had China being a geopolitical ally. The Nuke is more for extra protection for the future

bay of pigs

or did the bay of pigs not happen

Iran was even more islationist than iraq

And people want to invade Iran, it is just harder than Iraq

So things are a bit slower ont hat department

@RIP Skelly 3/7 boats used for Bay of Pigs were from the United Fruit Company. Banana imperialism at its finest

after that it became politically unfeasible to invade Cuba.

Instead Neoliberalism Tempts the Cuban Communist Party to slowly Become Revisionist over time

Economic Conquest in the Works

And invading island nations is a massive logistical nightmare for a modern army

cuban military is even smaller than Iraqs lol
they dont even have flying aircraft
a complete pushover

They have geography

thats all they need

And big allies

BIG ALLIES