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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

it is not whataboutism. It was a game of imperialism, with each side acting to directly counter the other.

The USSR backed the North Korean Invasion of South Korea, so the US began a counterinvasion of North Korea.

The US invaded Cuba, so the USSR armed Cuba with nuclear weapons.