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Yeah, Norkies are shorter than we are, and of a more sleight build, too.

Now post a picture of American soldiers alongside Japanese soldiers. Are you going to claim the Japanese soldiers are shorter and more slightly built because the Japanese government is starving them?

You picture is just a silly stunt and proves nothing except you’ll go to absurd lengths to avoid learning anything or being man enough to admit to yourself you had been mistaken about something. We all make mistakes. Real Grownups learn, adapt, even change their minds.

Yeah, Norkies are shorter than we are, and of a more sleight build, too.

Sleight is a noun that can refer to deceitful craftiness or skill and dexterity. It can also refer to an artful trick or sly artifice. Synonyms for sleight include skill, dexterity, cunning, and craft. - Merriam Webster

I seem to have touched a nerve here with you!

ChatGPt, is there any evidence that North Korean military personnel are undernourished?

Yes, there is evidence suggesting that North Korean military personnel face severe food shortages and undernourishment. Reports indicate that soldiers often endure dire conditions, surviving on corn powder or even moldy rice due to insufficient food supplies. A South Korean research institute interviewed defectors who described extreme shortages of essential supplies, including food and ammunition. Additionally, a Japanese filmmaker observed clearly undernourished North Korean soldiers washing their uniforms in the Yalu River, near the border with China. Despite North Korea allocating a significant portion of its budget to the military, corruption and mismanagement reportedly leave many soldiers in poor physical condition and unfit for combat. More broadly, a UN report states that 46% of North Koreans are undernourished, highlighting the country's ongoing struggle with food insecurity.

Would you care to post some opposing data, at least suggesting that N. Korean soldiers are actually well-fed?

No, didn't think so!

Regards,

Now post a picture of American soldiers alongside Japanese soldiers. Are you going to claim the Japanese soldiers are shorter and more slightly built because the Japanese government is starving them?

Don't have any images of Japanese soldiers, but: The image I posted is of a U.S. soldier, a N. Korean soldier, and a SOUTH Korean soldier, all standing side-by-side.

Placing North and South Korean soldiers side-by-side is surely more convincing / a better comparison than inserting a Japanese soldier.

You seem to be grasping at straws, willing to entertain the most-absurd notions, all in an attempt to defend your precious North Korean dictatorship.

North Korean soldiers are not born into the uniform; rather, they spend their bleak childhoods gleaning the fields for individual grains of barley and consuming "soup" their mothers made for them from stripped bark. The degeneration of the health of the N. Korean populace is now a matter of generational malnourishment. Long before any given "grunt" dons his uniform, he has already been subjected to severe detrimental environmental pressures. Like with crack-babies, it begins in utero, after which almost no therapeutic countermeasures are effective.

The fact that N. Korean troops might then be fed at somewhat-about-subsistence levels cannot undue decades of malnourishment.

But sure: Go on! My posting was just a "silly stunt," and I'll go to "absurd lengths to avoid learning anything."

Real Grownups learn, adapt, even change their minds.

Let's see you prove yourself a "real grown-up!"

Naw, didn't think so...

Regards,