Why North Korea is Untouchable (not Nukes!)

North Korea and the United States have in several occasions been at the brink of war, but it hasn't escalated into a direct conflict since 1953. But why? Remember, they didn't have nukes until 2006.
This video aims to answer why the U.S. hasn't intervened militarily between the armistice agreement of 1953, and the development of nukes in 2006.
FULL TRANSCRIPT + SOURCES:
docs.google.com/document/d/1B...
MAIN SOURCES:
How the Korean War Almost Went Nuclear (Smithsonian)
www.smithsonianmag.com/air-sp...
North Korea’s Military Strategy (Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)):
apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA5...
North Korea’s Power Structure (Council on Foreign Relations):
www.cfr.org/backgrounder/nort...
Nine charts which tell you all you need to know about North Korea (BBC):
www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-4...
#NorthKorea #History

[@onesimodyantyi3255]

All bullies don't like fighting someone who'll fight back 😂😂😂.

[@eileenahern-ku9nx]

W.T.F. ...fighting - what's wrong with humans that have the urge constantly to fight?

[@marcjohnsouthon3962]

North Korea was very wise to develop their nuclear program , if not, today they would have been another Iraq.

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Military first really is fact, might makes right is the reality, despite what grifters say about democracy and “morals” they pale in comparison with raw might, the native americans should have armed themselves in hindsight

[@arykdaknowmad390]

​@@NeostormXLMAXnative Americans would be killing native Americans. Not all the tribes were nice. Some kept slaves. Almost all of them traded for guns and used them to conquer other tribes

[@arykdaknowmad390]

Agreed 💯North Korea would become another Iraq without their programs

[@Shadow83.]

Lmao so wrong lol

[@calebbrowne5753]

You think so? IDK... China and Russia are powerful allies, and they really never posed any threat until after they developed nuclear weapons. The country is ran by a psychotic leader with just as crazy beliefs. There's nothing more scary than a little man with delusions of being a god. Look at how their own people are treated... Can you imagine if they were able to actually impose their will upon others on the world stage

[@asone9797]

The moral of the story, every country needs nuclear weapons with long enough delivery systems to avoid being attacked by America

[@Bambino_60]

They will lose

[@Pakils]

indeed

[@shadowprince4482]

​@@Bambino_60 Not necessarily. They can publicly hold other countries we need economically hostage. Attempt to destroy us and we'll take out South Korea or Japan or Taiwan with us. Foreign policy is an international poker game and everyone is cheating and all the players know it. So could NK invade and conquer the US? No. Do they hold enough fire power to be able to deter us from invading? Yes. Everything you see on tv is just saber rattling. The real talks happen behind the scenes.

[@J_a_s_o_n]

​@@Bambino_60yet you don't see humans are their own worst enemy 😢😢😢😢

[@phoneblaster]

...top comment. Bravo.

[@josephstalin331]

I am sorry but you missed some important informations. The real reason why Truman didn't use the bomb in the Korean War is because N Koreas ally, the USSR, also had nuclear bombs, and Truman feared that the Soviets will retaliate. His refusal tho use the nukes, had nothing to do with disagreement of his allies, infact most of the West was in favor of using the nuke then. That's still the biggest problem for the US. The N.Korean allies like Russia and China would be involved in the war to help Korea against the USA.

[@albogypsy2842]

He also didn't mention how NK shot down an American spy plane in 1969. with 30 Americans onboard (and the US did nothing again)

[@Sometimes7453]

Slant eyes for slant eyes

[@ben-jam-in6941]

I’m sorry your partially correct but the Prime Minister of Britain did make a unplanned trip to Washington to talk with Truman and it was all because British officials were afraid Truman was going to use the bomb after hearing some of the things General McArthur was saying to the press. This was well known and in the news. Truman even sacked General McArthur because he was afraid the General was set on extending and intensifying the conflict and talking about using nukes again to the press. He was also basically disrespectful towards Truman. For example he failed to salute him in front of the world’s press and never treated him like the Commander and Chief as expected. They also mess up on this video by making it out as if the ceasefire agreement came under Truman’s presidency when it came after General Eisenhower was president and McArthur was out of the picture to “just fade away” as he said in his big speech.

[@djprentowalker8878]

The story always favorable the US narrative. Some people know the truth.

[@pto314]

This is so true. North Korea’s nuclear program is not for defending the US’s attack. Bush invaded Irag for Petroleum dollar. North Korean doesn’t have oil. In addition, Russia and China won’t let North Korea alone.

[@ibrahimkhalid4298]

The guts of bush to say about iraq “… and to save it’s people” is really unbelievable. And ironically that’s how a lot of Americans think. They think they are the standards of morality and are the police of the world. It’s kind of funny i must say.

[@aksmex2576]

Their own police can barely police their country, ironic.

[@reubenmorris487]

@@aksmex2576 The police+legal system in the USA works to subjugate those whom can't afford to buy judges and politicians.

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

When all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail.

[@Oregon123]

Those north koreans that starved. They starved because of western sanctions and threats.

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

@@Oregon123 The U.S lies to the EAST of Korea, though.

[@deemann1976]

Would the US allowed a north korean ship in Florida??? Hell no. They did what they had to

[@GoogleGebruiker]

Amazing product quality! Subbed

[@Grenadier311]

This channel's content is massively out of proportion with its views and subscribers. I hope y'all grow big.

[@change9517]

As a South Korean, I don't want another war. I didn't experience it but my grandparents did, and they said it was awful.

[@Allin7days]

Sorry, that's not enough to stop a war...

[@Ivanus59]

I hope Koreans can make decisions that will benefit all of Korean people rather then being used as by foreign powers to promote their interests. I see USA would gladly create a nuclear holocaust for Koreans just to inflict damage on China and Russia, throw the region into chaos, cut down on economic competition and to intimidate the rest of the world.

[@ebrimajabbi5054]

Then ask the Americans to leave your country...

[@andezong9565]

@@ebrimajabbi5054so fuck South Korea then?

[@alexanderknight7957]

Damn!

[@TP-ie3hj]

Great video, more should watch it, accurate info presented without the BS. So rare these days. Thank you. Wish I could thumbs up it more than once.

[@adrianc.demery8872]

Interesting and well done video.

[@merrytv1963]

Thank you for this knowledge of power

[@topixfromthetropix1674]

You, like most Western media did not mention the failed attempt of the US to cross the Yala River near Dandong and enter China. The US troops decided to wait for dawn to cross the river but when the sun came up, the hills were covered with Chinese with pitchforks and bats. This resulted in a rout with the Americans abandoning their weapons as they fled. There is a museum in Dandong full of US weapons. The name of the museum is “Memorial of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea." They have a website with lots of pictures.

[@atomm3331]

Lol cool story bro

[@avijitbasu5789]

Yes US always hides its losses. Korea, Vietnam and Afghanistan. Look how it got humiliated.

[@avijitbasu5789]

​@@atomm3331you cannot digest US defeat ..uh? 😂😂😂

[@RastaAfricanGentleman]

Nice stuff

[@user-kz2uw3dy9x]

You're just trolling, right? Cause this is absolute bs 🤣

[@WallNutBreaker524]

Very good video. Subbed.

[@11385djg]

I cannot blame NK to arm and develop nuke.

[@josephfuller6229]

Go live there then 🤡

[@11385djg]

@@josephfuller6229 Yeah after NK drop their arsenal in US

[@josephfuller6229]

@@11385djg they wouldn't have any more chance than Republicans do of winning a civil war

[@Pussinator.69]

​@@josephfuller6229🤡

[@stevekook-xw3is]

​@@josephfuller6229u go live there nub. Oh wait India is a democracy. Go live there among a billion other peasants and more.

[@inkbold8511]

How Korea got split: The original partition of Korea by the US and USSR was part of the agreement that made Russia attack Japan after the fall of Berlin. It was supposed to outline areas of military operation and be merely a temporary administrative division in preparation for nationwide elections. The Soviets observed the agreement scrupulously, but the US maintained the Japanese administration, using Japanese occupation forces and a minimum number of their own troops. When the time came for the elections, the US realized that the Communists would win because they were the most important leaders of the Anti-Japanese resistance during the whole period of occupation. The US suppressed the elections in the south, attacking people to keep them away from the polls, then conducted their own election and put Syngman Rhee in the presidency. My grandfather was a minister in the Rhee administration, and he was always quite clear and open about this. He also said that the Korean War was actually initiated by the south, in agreement with MacArthur, in order to bring the US military in and conquer North Korea. The initial phases of the war make no sense unless you understand that it was an American organized false flag. It's also important to understand that the US completely destroyed the infrastructure of the DPRK from the air, and killed millions of civilians. It was a war of extermination from the US side. The US has been trying to destroy the DPRK ever since, and Koreans know this. DPRK exists today because of Chinese intervention, Soviet arms and economic support, and an absolute commitment to the resistance to imperialism. China and Russia both recognize that Korea has always been a Ukraine aimed at them by the US. It started hot, now it's 'frozen,' but it can go hot again at any time. Any consideration of geopolitical realities in the region has to grasp this.

[@01ment]

Basically the same situation as in Vietnam, except the terrain.

[@albogypsy2842]

Spot on. U.S. killed 30% of population of NK (which is a genocide by any definition), napalm bombed rice fields in order to cause mass starvation and supported death squads in the south, but hey NK is sooooo bad!

[@cz6971]

The uk, us, and Israel are the new axis of evil.

[@javierrodriguez4218]

Oh what a surprise.

[@alexfriedman2152]

lmao. Totally believable story, with so much proof. I totally changed my mind about the conflict now. Your entire story is garbage and you should be ashamed of yourself, period. The fact you're serious is unfathomable to me. There are records from the Soviet Union which show 김일성 begged Stalin for the green light to invade. Kim was Stalin's puppet and needed permission. Look it up. The North started the war. The Americans did not even care about elections or anything like that. Your story makes no sense. We did however fear communism from spreading (and look at North Korea today... compared to the South... Those fears were right). In fact as an American the Korean war is one of the only good things we've ever done as far as interfering in foreign affairs which my country has done a lot of. We absolutely saved South Korea and there was a 97% USA approval rating in Korea, because they are THANKFUL that they have basic human rights and freedom. China is the reason and ONLY reason the NK regime can exist. NK gets 90% of all it's good from China. If China stopped supporting NK then there would be reunification and the USA would almost certainly leave Korea for good and stay in Japan. China prevented unification, period.

[@krengken4756]

Nowadays US must focus more on internal serious problems such as jobless, homeless, poverty & drugs addiction affecting hundreds million on its people

[@zatoichison6420]

You forgot to mention the zombies....

[@User-jr7vf]

@@zatoichison6420 he did mention drug addiction

[@ColdFlame53]

Like thats ever gonna happen, the empire has already fallen.

[@mazharimam6827]

@@ColdFlame53 They just announced debt hit $33 trillion. The bottom is waiting to fall out at this point although I still forecast another 50 years of life for usa.

[@KennyNGA]

For real? So why don't tackle one of these problems?

[@gothiquegmail]

Lesson is, if you want to defeat a bully, arm yourself and don't fall for its bluffs

[@leonidjoseph5483]

That is why lots more countries have nukes

[@mga59xbd38]

The 1994 Agreed Framework was the last straw for the North.

[@MMLL369]

If North Korea gave up it's nuclear arsenal, NK would already be a thing of the past now.

[@thewolfpack8878]

If your talking about the US you can take that right back without us you wouldn't be holding your phone. Our country has stopped aggressor after aggressor wether or not we put boots on the ground or lend them the weapons they need to fight like in Ukraine 2:30

[@danielechessa2862]

This statement here!!!

[@flyingman358]

Good job 👏

[@FunFactsNinja]

A great video, you can tell how much research you did and how much hard work you put into the presentation. Thank you

[@arloashby3535]

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[@ibrahimkkamara7656]

The USA can never listen because Allah has destined them to go this way so no amount of peace deals can stop them.

[@jacquelinemorgan2086]

Very interesting. The US doesn't want other countries to have nuclear weapons but at the same time the US doesn't hesitate to use nuclear weapons.

[@daniel4412]

“Doesn’t hesitate”… is this a joke?

[@raymondchatwinfilms7542]

The US has only used nuclear weapons in warfare once, and it was a life-or-death situation with WWII. At the end of WWII, being the only country with nuclear weapons, the US had the ability to take over the world, but they chose not to. The US has been in many tense situations during the Cold War, and not once did they use nuclear weapons.

[@topviewstudios]

@@raymondchatwinfilms7542during the Cold War soviet already has its nuclear weapons

[@raymondchatwinfilms7542]

@@topviewstudios but they didn't at the end of WWII

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

@@daniel4412 Do you remember to WW2 and Japan? Or did you watch this video where the americans in fact did plan to use nukes on True Korea?

[@ClayTorres69]

And the aliens are watching us shaking their heads.

[@Invest4Cash-Flow]

🎉🎉🎉thanks

[@judithoconnor6442]

Interesting video.

[@operationdabardos1236]

US not attacked only bcoz North Korea got nukes and American knows what will happen if they attacked 😅 otherwise look what they did in Iraq and Afghanistan

[@user-yf2mt5vc3p]

Even when there were no nuclear weapons, the United States did not attack North Korea. Because it's not worth it. Unlike Iraq, North Korea had no natural resources, and China and the Soviet Union were right behind it. If the United States attacks North Korea, it will have to come to South Korea, and not only north korea but fighting against China and the Soviet Union is a huge burden. That hasn't changed much even now.

[@vinceb4380]

Yeah! The US Government even lied about that one. 😂

[@raymondoes]

It's great to see you grow quick! I've been subbed when you were at 1K

[@HindsightYT]

Wow that’s awesome!

[@bouwah85]

Great vid, that voice though 👌👏👏

[@namele55777]

listening to that madman at 19:19 to 19:29 sent chills down my spine he's using the same words as another madman more recently did and back then the rest of the world gladly went along with it

[@lonnybush5612]

Yes. Biden.

[@Zerpentsa6598]

Johnson, naturally.

[@karoma7898]

Probably it's the same person who wrote his speech (it's not the president that writes the speech, it goes through a commity, except maybe for trump, that moron can't read.

[@shawnv123]

oh well, there is nothing we can do

[@Shadow83.]

​@@Zerpentsa6598you mean putin obviously troll

[@peterwilson5528]

I must say that was a superb video. So well presented and even-handed. Normally anything about North Korea on KZbin is just one mass of propaganda. One-sided and rabid. Here you have kept feelings out of it and stated the facts. :)

[@kevinkowal7340]

Still somewhat propagandistic in what facts were chosen to omit and who we were directed to feel sympathy for, but this video certainly wasn't as bad as a lot of the other completely ridiculous nonsense out there about the DPRK.

[@peterwilson5528]

Well, I would say it is as close as possible to being unbiased either way. @@kevinkowal7340

[@ophthojooeileyecirclehisha4917]

thank you

[@jonathanbernert1241]

Big love on your videos

[@curtiscoureau]

Man your videos are super well done ! Amazing work

[@TheRealIronMan]

A lot of propagandized narrative in this video, Im gonna be cherishable and blame it on US education instead of assuming this channel intentionally did so. 7:31 China never crossed the 38th line, they said it at the very beginning "we would not cross the 38th line, and if you cross it we will join the war and push you back to that line." On both accounts they kept their words, China's goal was never to defeat South Korea, it was to maintain the line of control, when they achieved that goal the Chinese military force stopped at that line while the North Korean army refused to do so, they pushed into South Korea and got demolished by the US. When the US matched back up to 38th line this time they heeded China's warnings and stopped there. A lot of North Korean leadership to this day still blame China for their refusal to push south. 8:53 "North Korea inherited much of the country's infrastructure and fertile farmland" That's a lie, America destroyed nearly all of the country's cities and towns, they quite literally flattened 85%+ of the ENTIRE country's buildings, thats as close as you can get with nuclear bombs without using nuclear bombs, it was borderline a genocide, on top of everything else acid bombs and napalm made most of the land unfarmable.

[@SincereSentinel]

I agree.

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

And do not forget to mention that Best Korea only can trade with China because of western sanctions, so the food import is very limited for them.

[@rbrb804]

@@tovarishcheleonora8542 Why cannot they trade with Russia, Soviet Union before, Kuba, Iran, Afganistan?

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

@@rbrb804 Are you not familiar with political history? After the split basicly the whole world were sactioning Best Korea away from trading, and all of that is because america ordered it. And only China not giving in for that order. (the Russians/Soviets are just not interested)

[@angec.4757]

Glad you spotted the narrative, I stopped watching this the moment I was told China joined the war because it was supporting another communist country!! Indeed this kind of grossly misleading information can only be from the voice of the WEst.

[@julianpignat9095]

very good

[@Zyzyx442]

subbed

[@jaybee9269]

B-29s were not “retired” after WW2; many served in Korea and they were frontline bombers…they were developed into the B-50. It’s true that they were made obsolete by the B-47.

[@Archangel1619]

Wow amazing video ! You deserve more subs keep up the good work! 💪🏼

[@campfireeverything]

This is an amazing video. I'm ashamed of how little I knew about this, and it taught me a lot.

[@JohnEglick-pl1sb]

My uncle was Kia in NAMs Central Highlands , tail end of bloody TET mid3/68 2wks b-4 my 11th bday . The Pueblo incident I remember mid 2/68 , and , in fact , the Rock group "Blues Image had a tune called "Ride Capt. RIDE " came out mid 4/70 dealing with that "Pueblo " incident .

[@theprophet489]

The American population has been brainwashed by the government after the assassination of JFK

[@pandemicoftheunvaccinated5367]

Nuclear deterrence works both ways. Fancy the small nation of the DPRK reducing the mighty US to insults only.

[@morningstararun6278]

"Hey creep! what are you doing between my pet dog's legs?" American : I am conducting a research, Sir.

[@BlessedyouthGodchild]

The best war you can win is not to war

[@slrreddot5226]

Very well

[@YusufGinnah]

I learned a lot from this presentation. Thank you. You have a new subscriber. 😎👍🏼

[@simonreij6668]

i think a better title would have been "why north Korea is untouchable (nukes)" great video tho ty

[@missinglink4202]

Great stuff 👍

[@rick6672]

Vary good vedio

[@supa3ek]

The real clinch is ............seoul with 10 million people (capital of south) is just 35 miles away from the DMZ. That means almost certainly that the south korean leadership (along with 10 million people, and all that industrial output) will vanish within 10 minutes of an all out war !!! Thats why during the first korean war, seoul changed hands a few times. It was basically undefendable. And you couldnt drive the north koreans away far enough because of the mountainous terrain with underground fortifications.

[@marrs999]

I often forget this channel uploads every Friday. Can you do a video on the Sino-Vietnamese conflict of 1979? It would be interesting!

[@user-xp5id1kh4r]

What chinese-viet invasion are you talking about?! That never happened! There was never a chinese act of aggression! Ever! China is great land of peace! China never ever started a war ever, at most, china just naturally defend it self due to disgusting expansionist and probably colonialist capitalist pig! China loves love and peace only, no war! China never did anything to war anybody, not ever not once! How dare you hurt feelings of china people, you hateful racist warmongerer! China #1! (not talk bout china shop)

[@joyboyskyhigh]

Europiens invaded america it's not a real country it's time to smoke out europiens out of america

[@Poke9403]

Some people don't know how China (Deng Xiaoping in general) had a strategic victory.

[@Poke9403]

Assessments of the strategic consequences of the war vary considerably. Journalist Howard W. French quoted some historians of the opinion that "the war was started by Mr. Deng (China's then paramount leader Deng Xiaoping) to keep the army preoccupied while he consolidated power ..." However, China strengthened its relations with ASEAN countries - particularly Thailand and Singapore - due to their fear of Vietnamese aggression. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew wrote in 2000: "The Western press wrote off the Chinese punitive action as a failure. I believe it changed the history of East Asia." In contrast, Vietnam's decreasing prestige in the region led it to be more dependent on the Soviet Union, to which it leased a naval base at Cam Ranh Bay. Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wrote that "China succeeded in exposing the limits of...[Soviet] strategic reach" and speculated that the desire to "compensate for their ineffectuality" contributed to the Soviets' decision to intervene in Afghanistan a year later.

[@commie5211]

in simply word, to prevent the soviet union from exporting communist revolution to asean. Vietnam not only annexed cambodia and laos, also in war with thailand, threat all the singapore paying them because they made money from the Americans. in 1979, pla went into the north destroyed their military industrial complex built by China then withdraw, crippled their ability to manufacture weapons. thats about it. It was never intended to occupy them. but today, they say, China lost, blablablabla.

[@Am-pk3zh]

self reliance 👌

[@AnkurYo]

The Pentagon has been running haywire, even after the all the sanctions that the US has placed on North Korea, Moscow has welcomed them with/for “ open arms “. It prompts us to contemplate how this geopolitical development might reverberate through the intricate web of the US economy.

[@Muller_Andr]

Indeed, geopolitical tensions and arms trade can wield substantial influence on financial markets and trade dynamics. Consequently, the potential repercussions on the US economy warrant careful consideration.

[@Jennapeters144]

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[@BenBak-wt7qi]

Loren Lena Walker's counsel sounds remarkable. Could you elaborate on the specific ways in which her guidance aided you during challenging financial phases?

[@simone_maya]

I'm genuinely intrigued. It's always enlightening to hear how a seasoned financial advisor can provide substantial support during intricate economic scenarios.

[@Jennapeters144]

Loren Lena Walker adeptly provided me with strategic financial insights and a well-crafted roadmap. These empowered me to make judicious decisions that not only preserved my investments but also fortified my financial stability amidst challenging circumstances.

[@timesurfingalien]

As long as Americans continue to elect Republicans and Democrats this will never end.

[@LexlutherVII]

we need Libertarian 💗

[@spjr99]

​No we need a politician with a brain. Libertarians have no idea what they want and it's all built in theory. Assuming how people will act given their entire world has been shifted dramatically(as libertarians wish). It's nonsense. You cannot strip all of the rules in a society predicated on rules. Maybe it could work if we had started that way. But things that keep billions of people alive are in place an cannot be changed

[@railfandepotproductions]

​​@@LexlutherVIIyou know who the libertarians are, right?

[@JohnEglick-pl1sb]

@@railfandepotproductions Larouche ??

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

​@@LexlutherVIIyou need muslim.

[@stylis666]

So, out of curiosity, after having binged a bit of your channel, including some videos of parts of Dutch history, when did you or are you getting your pHD? :p

[@HindsightYT]

At a university called life haha :) I studied film and all the rest came out of personal interest. But I’m currently expanding the team to get more academic knowledge on board. Glad you’re liking the videos. 👌

[@stylis666]

@@HindsightYT Ah, that at least explains why you're this good at telling a story. I do indeed very much enjoy the videos and I am very impressed with how much information and depth you manage to put in such relatively short videos about very complex things. That is also why I assumed you studied history and/or sociology or something along those lines. If it's just out of your interests, I think you're really passionate about them and you put a lot of thought and effort into your research. And I'm glad I can just sit back and enjoy listening to a story and learn all kinds of things I didn't before. That video about the Dutch polders. You'd think that every Dutch person has learned all about it in school, yet most of the details were competely new to me. I also love how you put everything in context of its time, forming it into an actual story. One of the reasons I failed history and geography is because everything was taught as if it existed in a vacuum. It never even occurred to me that the 1953 flood happenned while the Zuid sea was being poldered or that they had begun working on it before WWII happpened, or that tulips grow exceptionally well on salty soil. Our history makes so much more sense in its actual context 🤣 So many thanks!

[@HindsightYT]

I really appreciate the kind words! We have many more videos in production and your feedback is always welcome :)@@stylis666

[@Baddyusi]

The more i watch this obviously one sided story the more I become more on nk side.

[@moustaphadiallo600]

What's the other side?

[@Stichting_NoFap]

As if there's such a thing in this case where you're not being one sided

[@speed65752]

This is the kind of statements that should be contextualized, or people will understand something else😂

[@Baconcatboy]

You love supporting starving and freezing children don't you dawg? 🤦🏼🤦🏼

[@Athestial]

Sounds like someone who is very biased and is being brainwashed would say hmmmmmm

[@ZekayeF-official]

Yay A new hindsight video I've been waiting tho..Btw for people who don't what communism it means no own nothing.Imma summarize Korea after WW2 Korea was divided at 38th parallel North and south communist vs capitalist. 1950 the Korean war started 1950-1953 after the war both sides sign a ceased fire treaty but not peace treaty meaning both sides are still at war btw.. Hindsight could you do a video on Philippines again

[@reginaldmcnab3265]

3:00 why don’t you bring the Israeli regime’s nuclear weapons program under international control . The double standards and hypocrisy is so blatant

[@Xyloschillingspot]

Nice vid keep up the vids :D

[@GregoryRoss-cu6yc]

Kim peace be unto from USA 🙏✌️. Keep up good work !

[@sammjimson7395]

The only reason are the nukes, so let no one tell you otherwise!

[@athimageza4791]

South Koria is still today America's biaaatch, including Japan to name a few

[@crazyr0m]

Your video is a good history lesson, but you never explained WHY it is untouchable.

[@alifarah7801]

You forgot the Italian base in Djibouti...

[@tttuu3309]

I’m so glad US isn’t the only country who have these weapons, or they will be destroying any country they don’t like

[@albertwoodeasy9021]

So why u still haven't told us.

[@ClayRavin]

Weird when you get the the end of a video, and the conclusion says exactly the opposite of the video title.

[@donwolff6463]

But you didn't answer the question, why is it untouchable (not nukes)? Which, given the history of such things, like Lybia giving up theirs just before being invaded (while kji points this out in mockery), and the U.S. attacking the one country of three they knew didn't have nukes. Kinda makes it rather a strong argument for not invading because they have nukes (which can hit very populated cities of other friendly countries nearby). You never gave compelling argument against this or even for alternatives.

[@hotdog2265]

Hhhh American and western power respect only power 😂

[@johndoe8785]

No country is untouchable, thinking in such ways only brings about self destruction due to ignorance.

[@user-wn5gk5gq2y]

Even Switzerland?

[@jmane4581]

Harry S Truman! My Man! 🤜🏾

[@NIHAL801]

EXCELLENT & SO PATRIOTIC.

[@paradoxnafi]

"We were spying and we got caught. I want one of there city to disappear." How Americans think?

[@chrismckimmey2582]

When dealing with a government like North Korea . Yes

[@paradoxnafi]

@@chrismckimmey2582 America is not any better, far from it.

[@MMLL369]

@@chrismckimmey2582It depends on point-of-view. To N Koreans, dealing with government like the US, they also consider say, making SF disappear? Are they wrong?

[@McSwizz]

So South Korea owes its “success” to foreign aid not capitalism got it.

[@tiptoe38]

Thank u for saying that.

[@Vivacomunismo]

Currently South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world and one of the highest suicide rates whilst 80% of the economy is owned by monopolies that effectively make work life balance horrible

[@djtruth8425]

Only Fat Man was a plutonium device; Little Boy was uranium, gun type detonation. The Fat Man was an implosion type plutonium bomb.

[@yanizhelyazkov2312]

I understand the North . American warship is approaching their shore and they intervented if it was the opposite korean warship next to American shore probably the ship would have been sunken

[@shencheanglow3726]

Not many understand, or refuse to admit korean war was one of the two wars that change the united states from a pariah state into a more cuvilize nation in American history. Everyone know the first one, the American civil war waged by president Lincoln to free African american slaves and eliminated slavery. The second epic war that save American, albeit indirectly, from becoming a parish state is the korean war of the 1950s. In that era, US was still an apartheid society with segregation and unequal right for colored people. Many American prisoner of war in north koreans prison tasted equal right first time in their life, esppecially african american. Eventhough US high command demanded north Korean authority observed segregation of American prisoners of war according to US rule of law of the time, in lodging, in canteen, and in seating in buses, communist north korean ignored such babaric rules. American, especially the black, tasted the freedom they are born with and they apparently wanted that to last when they came home after the korean war.many join Martin Luther king to fight for equal right in the 50 and 60s, culminating in the equal right movements that liberated the american society from the clutch of racist policy. American society was the winner in that unfortunate war. American should thank north korean who suffer millions of dealth and was bombed almost to stone age, in helping taught uncle Sam the real equal democracy back home.

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

Dude, the civil war was supported by France and Spain (on the winner side). Without outer support it would have ended very differently.

[@ryans6273]

What if Russian send a spy ship at Catalina island? How the Usa government response?

[@CGplay186]

@ryans6273 if goes viral talk about it some Investigate then talk some more then try make everyone forget about it, nobody is gonna start world war over a spy ship countries spy on each other all the time

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

the muricans would response with hypocracy.

[@shengyi1701]

They still serve as a buffer state between the prosperous and democratic South Korea and China

[@tapiwamakoni3936]

My concern are the Northern Koreans nations who are forced to leave in isolation.

[@khanf2936]

This is not the last opportunity for the world. This is the last opportunity for United State of America and NATO

[@Kingcarparpeggio]

😂😂😂😂 you’re a hilarious …….fool !!

[@jamesmoore176]

That doesn't make sense.

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

Tho, the nato should have to be disbanded at this point. At least as far as i know the WWII and the cold war is over long decades ago and the nato came to be because of that time period.

[@michaelpelzek8882]

​@@tovarishcheleonora8542okay anime pfp, go watch some hentai you goof.

[@trashgaming3810]

@@tovarishcheleonora8542 I was thinking the exact same thing...RIIIIIIIIGHT up until Feburary 24 last year, where Russia reminded everyone why NATO still exists.

[@GhostEmblem]

I still dont know why it was/is untouchable before nukes.

[@user-uu4vv9nl8n]

Bottom line, Truman, was a Hat Maker at heart. Gen. MacArthur, was a Soldier at heart, big difference!! 🇺🇸

[@mattdajedi]

Japan, The Soviet, and the US are to blame for Korea not being unified. Its sad what North Koreans are going through and would like to see them integrated with the modern world. I don't know if I'll see in in my lifetime, but Korea should be one.

[@MMLL369]

When MacArthur carpet-bombed every inch of N.Korea out of his own desperation for his ego being stumbled upon, resulting in the vanishment of 30% NK population. With the assumption nuclear family of 3 members being the structure, 30% of deaths translating to that, there would at least be one dead family member in each N.Korean family. Would anyone blame the N.Koreans seeing the US as their national enemy?

[@jeremyrockatansky]

You blame the USA and Soviets and Japan equally, huh?

[@CrashDAMFCourse]

Blame everything on the us lmao okay yall can stay the way you are then.

[@mattdajedi]

@@jeremyrockatansky CHINA NUMBAH ONE

[@Max_Jacoby]

I don't mind of two Koreas. Just lift sanctions from North Korea. USA tried to smother economy of NK so they can't develop nukes and build strong defence. These sanctions fired back and NK's only goal became military and nukes. Sanctions won't help so why continue to hurt people?

[@ex0duzz]

Is it that complicated? There's a one word answer. CHINA. For such a well researched and made video, how can you overlook or even ignore such an important point, basically the main and only point that matters in regards to USA(as in USA would sacrifice Seoul/SK if it meant they could take out nuclear NK and have military land base on Chinese border. China famously doesn't do alliances but it has one defense treaty with one country in the world. North Korea. Likewise for North Korea, it is the only one it has with any country. It is revisted every 20 years and recently renewed in 2021, after being signed in 1961, then renewed in 1981, 2001, now 2021. Even without china, sk would be wiped out, Japan would be massively affected, and even usa can now be hit by nk alone. But basically, one word. China. Even in 1950 China did not fear nuclear superpower USA or it's 17 UN allies even with madman McArthur threatening nukes. Let alone today. China is the only country who has ever willingly entered full frontal war vs a nuclear superpower by choice, even vs Soviet, India, UK, whoever, even all of them combined(8 nation alliance) China had to make concessions and go through a century of humiliation but China always come back on top in the end. Even the Mongols who were the only one to ever fully conquer China in the end they "won the battle but lost the war" and got assimilated into Chinese civilization instead, and look at them today. More Mongolian Chinese citizens than in Mongolia itself. Never mess with Chinese core interests(obviously including Taiwan/ROC and the unfinished civil war), and don't try occupy land borders or countries bordering them and you will be fine. Another interesting point about Korean war and nukes and why USA did not use it was because USA had firebombed and napalmed every village, hut, road, bridge etc that they had literally ran out of targets to bomb. They had already killed like 10-20% of Korean population by the time China joined the war. They did this to Japan 5 years earlier,.and again to Vietnam 10 years later.. and also to Cambodia/Laos. They dropped more ordinance on Laos alone thsn they did for the whole.of.WW2 combined. China knew all this and thus adjusted their strategy and tactics accordingly ., never revealing their locations and only moving and fighting at night, and making it up close and personal since they were outgunned and out matched technologically in every way possible except for infantry tactics and willpower. China never bunched up so not worth using nukes since USA did not have that many yet, maybe few dozen or hundred max, and they also needed to save them for vs Russia. Chinese army was also dominated conventionally so operated in small squads made up of 3 men spaced out strategically so no machine gun or artillery can kill more than one at a time, thus allowing China to fight usa head on and not have a worse than 3:2 ratio which was incredible for being so out gunned. This is contradictory to "human wave" narrative which would never work and hasn't worked since Maxim machine gun was a thing in WW1.. I mean it was the Chinese who wrote and created the art of war itself which US officers/generals still study and applies to it's military strategies. But it seems they don't understand it as well as the Chinese do, especially one of the most important aspects, which is that says "no state or army has ever benefited from prolonged warfare" and the other point being that "the highest form of warfare is to achieve your objectives without ever needing to fight". China understands this well, which is why every war they fought lasted about 1-2 months(india 62, Vietnam 79, and been at peace for 44+ years and counting now). Only Korean war lasted a "long" time of 3 years, since the odds were too one sided but yet china was so surprised at their own immense success that they tried to get some bonus points and try their luck and push past their initial objectives(38 parallel), and if possible push Americans into the sea completely, but their logistic and supply lines could not support them going any further back then and so they decided to call it a day and cash out with their massive winnings already. It was a calculated risk and when they found the couldn't, they agreed to the armistice which continues to serve them well to this day.. this is also where the term "paper tiger" comes from. Coined by the Chinese to describe the Americans in Korean war. USA has been at war for like 236 years ouf of ifs 250 year total history(prolonged warfare never benefited anybody) and basically now the whole world is either USA's enemy, or a "ally"(aka puppet) like Japan who will turn on USA as soon as USA is weak enough for them to try. Like if usa ever went to war with China over Taiwan or Russia over Ukraine etc. The rest are opportunistic protectorates who will jump ship when it benefits them to do so(America is too weak or poor) like Saudi and all ME/South America, Africa, even Europe. See recent snd future expansion of BRICS+.. It's all about interests(which always change) and strength/benefits. Nothing to do with democracy or freedom or healing the common man. But I digress.. USA can continue to stick to bombing and sanctioning goat herders and villagers who cant fight back but not China. Another great example of this is Vietnam war, just a decade after Korean war. China again warned USA not to cross the north/south Vietnam border or step one foot into north Vietnam but unlike the Korean war, this time USA listened and for the whole Vietnam war, they never stepped one foot into north Vietnam, thus guaranteeing the results of the war, regardless of how long it would take, it can only end in one result since usa lacks the will/resolve since it is not an existentialism threat to them unlike it was for Vietnam and China. Without China, both Vietnam and NK would not exist today.

[@user-ww5qw8jd3b]

America invaded China way back 1950's. And the war ended stalemate. Russia too invaded China but the war ended stalemate.

[@Anthony-od9rp]

And now the USA think they can win a war with modern China??

[@medialcanthus9681]

​@@user-ww5qw8jd3bwhen you invade, stalemate is considered a loss; that means your invasion failed.

[@jnoub2947]

@@medialcanthus9681an NK/US war would like the 2006 Lebanon-Israel war. Damage will be done to NK, but it will be too bloody for the US to occupy any land

[@justasydefix6251]

Without the USA and china, South korea would not exist today. See the difference?

[@pappagone6066]

i am a new subscriber, have you ever mentioned 1952 chemical attack by Us in north korea? i will like a video on that argument

[@Gbabii]

Its a great video but the title is completely misleading

[@sen5575]

The notion that only US soldiers helped the South Koreans is wrong. My Grandfather was a korean war veteran in the 'ቃኘው' Brigade, and I am Ethiopian. You should mention all the countries who sacrificed their precious lives.

[@Luvemliljs]

Habesha here and our men died too but sadly they lost their live for people who wont even give them the recognition. 🇪🇷🙏🏽🇪🇹

[@keyser021]

What in the world was an Ethiopian doing fighting for colonialists in East Asia? He must have been either illiterate or under confinement. Otherwise, he's lending a hand putting the noose around others in subjugation, not realizing the noose around yours and his own necks.

[@johnsonolajide4647]

​@@keyser021I'm an African man. I did agree 💯 percent with you. Why should African people went I fight for people that see them as a human beings. As for me I will never fight for any western world's country simple as that.

[@Clee-os6pv]

My grandfather also fought in the Korean War in the 50's. He told me? They didn't care what was going on in the Korean Peninsula and they were busy with their own Chinese civil war that was paused by WW 2. They were originally getting ready to finish off and fight the last remaining Nationalist aka KMT who fled to an island called Formosa now known as Taiwan today.

[@orionobolon4380]

lol why would they be doing research right next to north korea. what a stupid mission.

[@larryanderson1440]

It seems that they will die never seeing the face of their enemy...

[@jasonzacharias2150]

I tried the number 6, they skimped on cashews, back to the parallel

[@BaconatorV420]

this guy deserves 1 mil subs

[@PrimericanIdol]

He needs to remove the annoying keyboard typing sound (and other sound effects) that everyone and their mother puts in their videos, and it will get MUCH better. I hope he listens.

[@HindsightYT]

Hmm that’s quite contradictory to other feedback I received. Anyone else cares to share their opinion about the video’s sound design? And thank you @baconator.V420! One day maybe. 🙏

[@BaconatorV420]

@@PrimericanIdol thats the thing that makes the vids unique

[@BaconatorV420]

@@HindsightYT yw

[@GameC3nt]

#prime maybe yor american and don't wanna reveal this defeat 🤣just like japan and vietnam defeat🤣🤣

[@thethirdjegs]

Hearing bush jr's speech made me think he's the weakest link among american leaders between 1980 and 2010

[@PrimericanIdol]

A war criminal will easily break such records. Bush was the worst. Don't listen to the Trump haters.

[@user-xp5id1kh4r]

Why's that? What did he say that made you think that?

[@thethirdjegs]

@@user-xp5id1kh4r listening to him lie just cringes me

[@user-xp5id1kh4r]

Did you answer my question? Or are you saying the answer is that he's cringy, and not something specific he said?@@thethirdjegs

[@thethirdjegs]

@@user-xp5id1kh4r well i left you to connect the dots. You should focus more on lying than cringy

[@mahdnova3465]

Imagine being so powerful America doesnt want no war

[@tommyang1634]

Like where

[@notseemike7137]

*Legend has it that Rocket Man lives in & rules North Korea to this very day*

[@momcilopucar8749]

Why the Americans Don't Stop meddling in other countries internal affairs and stop invading foreign countries. What do you think how come there is two Korea did ever Western fake news tell you that or is it in Western democracies school books about American killing of half of North Koreans populations. Invading North Korea and killing of almost half of Koren population was Never told by Western lying fake news and how US had bombed N Korea to Stone age. How about that you American a..ss H..olls?? Telling the truth is in fake democracies is a crime. Ask Julian Assange and Edward Joseph Snowdon about that.

[@Flyinghigh3597]

In August 1976, North Korean soldiers fought with US soldiers in bare hands in DMZ because of a tree, one of the North Korean soldiers grabbed the axe from an American soldier and killed two. Later North Korea termination of diplomatic relationship with Australia because the axe was made in Austria. Was that terrifying enough to tell you that country?

[@PickedOff100]

I don't think so, considering the average height of a North Korean soldier in 4'9 our 6th graders are larger men .

[@MMLL369]

Countries using Chinese made products are deemed as foes by the US and its buddies. Is that terrifying enough to tell you what US and buddies are made of?

[@MrQuincy611]

Wth nice joke tho

[@theeeeeeleooo4685]

@@PickedOff100good joke but America will never have the balls to invade North Korea. Never!!

[@NeostormXLMAX]

@@PickedOff100😂😂😂nice propaganda, but its even more embarrassing that two amerimutt golems were slaughtered by a midget

[@sipscoffeeaggressively2503]

Misleading video title?

[@killerpoet9496]

No country is untouchable

[@TheBorg01]

@Hindsight thank you for this well researched and ubiased cover of history !!. your channel is much appreciated

[@alexanderknight7957]

Mhmm I could understand exactly why NK has been seeing US as a threat

[@tovarishcheleonora8542]

Because the imperialist neo-colonialism mindset of the americans are actually a threat to the world.

[@Vivacomunismo]

Especially since the us was hugely responsible for the countries famines by bombing farms and water pipes and more

[@476233]

I feel so bad as an American, knowing how many awful things our country has contributed too. While overall, I think our track record (stopping the conquests of the Nazis and Japan, the Berlin airlift, etc), is more positive, it doesn’t mean our country is perfect. We could learn some from stepping back.

[@antik9826]

stopping the conquests of the Nazis and Japan... dont kid your self america in conquering too, not stoping the concests (you make it sound like its out of a good will)

[@476233]

@@antik9826 of course. I never denied that. But, as far as lifting more people out of poverty and giving opportunity. I think we have done that until recently. Name another country with as many rags to riches stories…

[@MA-su8qs]

The USA gave Adolf money to rise up. So, where are the true Nazis?

[@KevinCleghorn]

Russian tanks won WWII stop spreading Hollywood propaganda

[@KevinCleghorn]

@@476233Per capita there are dozens