[Pointman]

Originally Posted by _Q_

Destroying a national group, not a nation.

If for example, the United States goes to war against North Korea, dismantles their military, topples their regime and the outcome is reunification with South Korea, they would have destroyed North Korea as a nation, but not the Korean people.

Likewise, if the US decides one day to carpet bomb North Korea killing 40% of their population, starves their population, destroys their hospitals, etc, that is genocide.

That's the war, not genocide. Unless you claim that every war is genocide by default.