as North Korean invaders pushed down the peninsula, the southern army and police emptied South Korean prisons, lined up detainees and shot them in the head
When your village is being invaded, when you suddenly have to abandon your town, what are you supposed to do with your prisoners? Questions like this have to be understood in the context of warfare and fighting for very survival against unprovoked aggression.
This article is being passed around a generation that doesn't even know the "official" pro-U.S. pro-South Korea story - they're just going to hear "U.S.-backed regime killed untold thousands of leftists and hapless peasants"
>When your village is being invaded, when you suddenly have to abandon your town, what are you supposed to do with your prisoners? Questions like this have to be understood in the context of warfare and fighting for very survival against unprovoked aggression.<
From the sound of your argument, you would have preferred the Germans slaughter the remaining US soldiers and Jews in their prison camps.
I assume this makes you feel strong and manly. Go for it if that’s what your ego requires.