The way I picture the NK war was NK invaded and over ran SK. The SK army had been beaten back to the tip of the peninsula when the US forces arrived. They drove the NKs back beyond their border and had them whipped. Ike told Macarthur to quit. He did not quit because he wanted to engage the Red Chinese. The drove the NKs to the border with China where upon China fought back and there was a bloody mess after that.

Nevertheless, the US liberated SK and if they hadn't the whole peninsula would be starving while the Military imposed nuclear blackmail on the rest of the world on a much larger scale than the NKs do now.

Iraq is a future NK if we don't deal with it now while we are able.
It could not be more obvious. The UN is not going to do it even while being prodded by the US. It is a ridiculous situation that is perpetuated by peaceniks.

As for the futility and failures of some wars, what is the total summation of them all? Communism is not the threat it once was and Americans are free to march around with signs and spout self defeating drivel if they wan to.

Go ahead and get it out of your system while the responsible people take care of the important things.

Old Guy