I meant actual success, obviously. North Korea is culturally homogenous, and culturally similar to South Korea. There is no comparison to Afghanistan and Iraq.

I meant actual success, obviously. North Korea is culturally homogenous, and culturally similar to South Korea. There is no comparison to Afghanistan and Iraq. It also goes without saying that if America was willing to fully occupy Iraq for a few more decades, I'm completely confident Iraq would be stable - the cost is ridiculously prohibitive, however.