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>> The US helped Russia during WWII with supplies and tanks. Are we then to
>> blame for everything Russia has done such as subjugating Easter Europe
>> for 40 years?
>>
>
>It's interesting you pick this example as a lot of conservatives and hawks
>did throughout the 1940s-1960s, saying FDR sold us out at Yalta.
>
>I don't though, to be clear.

The Koreans say America sold them out and burn our flag, throw fire bombs 
at our embassy, and stage noisy protests....regularly... and this is 
South Korea, our friend!!!! One Korean friend told me that at a 
university they place an American flag on the ground to trample over and 
wipe their feet on a daily basis. Not North Korea our enemy!

You might recall that in 1950 the north launched a surprise attack and 
nearly drove the southern forces into the sea - all that remained was a 
single city at the southern tip called Pusan. The US and about 10 other 
nations sent troops and reinforced it, then eventually took almost all of 
Korea back - north and south. Then the Chinese entered the war and the 
US/UN retreated with heavy casualties. MacArthur was fired for wanting to 
nuke China. The US decided it didn't want to have WWIII against China and 
Russia, and so an uneasy truce dividing the country in half has existed 
to this day. 

For that reason, the south Koreans hate us Americans who saved their 
asses.

The other reason they hate us, is because in 1980, their own military did 
a mini-Tianamin Square massacre of about 1,000 students. The US military 
had no part in it, but since the US was supposed to know about every 
thing that happens with the Korean military, then we are somehow to 
blame, too. 

So this current anti-American attitude when gratitude would be called 
for, is quite familiar. We help Afganistan (not just during their war 
with Russia, but even now we're the largest donor of aid.) We (and 
others) do the dirty work in Iraq. Should we have had a nuclear war with 
Russia over Eastern Europe in the 1950? Doesn't sound very appealing to 
me.