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South Korea wouldn't exist as a prosperous Western-aligned liberal democracy without the war, so it was hardly a complete loss.

by BigTTYGothGF2 hours ago|

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> South Korea wouldn't exist as a prosperous Western-aligned liberal democracy without the war

The first several decades after the war they were very much not a liberal democracy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_Democratic_Struggle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Republic_of_Korea).

by AnimalMuppet5 hours ago|

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We didn't win because China intervened in massive numbers to keep the regime in the North from losing the whole country.

by FpUser4 hours ago|

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The US did not win because the US did not win. Crying about the reasons does not help. Usual FAFO. Does not hurt to think of consequences before starting something

by gpm4 hours ago|

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South Korea and its allies did not win - but they did successfully defeat the North Korean invasion of South Korea that started the war. Resulting in 53 million people today who live good lives in a high tech liberal democracy instead of living in abject poverty under the dictatorship that controls the north.

Despite not winning, the consequences of the western nations going to war in this case appear to have been significantly positive. It's really the only war since WWII that I think I can confidently say that about.

by FpUser3 hours ago|

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No need for political lecture. This was a simple point of win / win not.

>"high tech liberal democracy"

After US involvement South Korea was anything but. It is only since 1987 that some semblance of normalcy had started to appear. Still it is a country practically owned by Chaebols and Hell Joseon work and life culture. Recent temporary martial law with the president's shenanigans does not inspire much confidence either. Call it whatever you want.

by gpm3 hours ago|

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When you imply there was "fucking around and finding out", "starting something", and "[negative] consequences" to a war that had positive consequences, and which was a war the other side started, there absolutely is a need to correct that.

Edit: Just noting that at the time I responded the above post consisted entirely of "No need for political lecture. This was a simple point of win / win not". The rest was edited in after the fact.

by FpUser3 hours ago|

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Yes I edited it later to respond you your point of flourishing society. I should have put it under PS or edited. My fault. The original point still stands.

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I do understand that comparatively to North Korea SK is of course a huge win for people. However I think they would like to compare their lives with something better than one of the world's poverty and people's abuse champion