[anticodon]

One side is an occupation force that despite all the propaganda understands that it kills people for power and mineral resources. Propaganda is strong, but it's hard to fool people completely, some intuition for truth remains.

On another side there're people defending their homes from foreign neo-colonial occupation.

Doesn't it explain why the comprador forces working for the occupational administration failed so quickly?.. "Democracy" on bayonets doesn't work.

[DenisM]

It does sometimes. South Korea and Japan come to mind.

[ausudhz]

You consider South Korea a success? They have been separated from the other half of the country for 70 years now. I wouldn't consider South Korea as an example of success. Remove the money that the US has pushed to South Korea and I'm not sure they'd get the same results.

As for Japan, I remind you that they still have an emperor for example and they were a super power during WWII definitely not comparable to Afghanistan, Cuba or Vietnam

[ppqqrr]

To be fair, a number of countries might not have ended up as functioning democracies with free speech, backed by high tech economies, if it hadn’t been for US financial aids. Germany, for example.

[eadmund]

> You consider South Korea a success?

Compared to North Korea, I sure do!

[anticodon]

South Korea and Japan are still occupied.