>>>Yes, we have a tenuous peace, but do you really mean that the people of South Korea who have thrived and prospered for the past 70 years would have been better off dead????
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>I'm not a US politician so there's more than just black and white. In the case of Korea, there's also North and South. Tell me about North.

You tell me.
How many Americans have they killed since the armistice?
Easy answer. None.
In order to sustain an insane level of defense spending (while shaming seniors for wanting arthritis pills) we need bad guys. After Gorbachev killed the goose that laid the golden eggs, we've been reduced to creating crises with North Korea and Iran.
Your question demonstrates how willing people are to listen to hysterical nonsense when it's pronounced by guys wearing 4 stars on their shoulders.