>I agree with you that Afghanistan would be much, much better off had
>the U.S. never used it to try to inflict a Vietnam-in-reverse on
>Russia. But is that supposed to be an argument that Kim Il Sung and
>Kim Jong Il are nice guys?
You don't have to think the Kims are nice guys to think the U.S. is in South Korea not to defend "democracy" but to maintain an imperial presence (which means, among other things, reminding Japan who's boss).
Doug