>did nothing to prevent past coup That's the joke. US consistently supported SK coup(er)s (there's been several) as long as the couper is anti-communists / ali

>did nothing to prevent past coup That's the joke. US consistently supported SK coup(er)s (there's been several) as long as the couper is anti-communists / aligned with US geopolitical interests. The last two in late 70s were post Combined Forces Command, and including this one, with capacity of US intelligence, it's hard to rationalize US did not know what was going to happen.