Re:Americans are wallowing in decline
by gamble on Monday September 27, 2010 @09:09PM
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South Korea was a often-brutal military dictatorship until the late 1980s. The US was there to stop Communism, not foster democracy. If South Korea is a better place today, it's because of the Koreans themselves far more than the US.
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> If South Korea is a better place today, it's because of the Koreans themselves far more than the US.
Agreed. Which makes the inability of the North Koreans to escape from under their repressive regime all the more tragic.