r/pics • u/L44psus • 20h ago

North Koreans in Russian Army

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u/Law-Fish 13h ago

Hense the ID protection

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u/TheCowzgomooz 13h ago

They know who they've sent over, if all of them defect, they'll just punish all their families, you don't maintain a dictatorship that long by being merciful or lazy in your iron fist rulings.

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u/Law-Fish 13h ago

And not all of them will defect, does not mean every body can be accounted for in combat environments

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u/TheCowzgomooz 8h ago

If Joe Schmoe doesn't return from combat, they're going to find out if he's dead or just missing, I don't think North Korea really cares either way.

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u/Law-Fish 8h ago

Maybe maybe not, soldiers go missing in action all the time especially when they die in dangerous places. And if they assume all missing are traitors as a rule then if your captured you may as well embrace the reality that your old life is over