Please...
vietnam was a French colony... We tried to help em out with that one and look what they gave us.
Was North Korea ever a colony of the US?
Did we really try to build a nation in Somolia or was it more of a humanitarian-lets-feel-good-about-feeding-the-hungry kind of mission. No suprise that failed: It went by the European desired model.
Iraq is conquered. We are as in control as were were in West Germany after WW2. Its just not the quagmire you folks want to claim it is.
Scott Evil