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		tablespoon on Feb 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On the removal of Come Back Alive >> The US, the most well-funded army in the world for the past generation, hasn't won a war since the end of WW2. > That depends on the definition of winning. In many cases, US military won everything militarily, but lost politically. This. It also really, really depends on definitions. Did the US win the Korean war because South Korea still exists, or lose because North Korea still exists?

tharne on Feb 25, 2022 [–]

> Did the US win the Korean war because South Korea still exists, or lose because North Korea still exists?

Neither, the Korean war never officially ended.

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