It’s not really forgotten. But the U.S. does have the reputation of a playground bully. And litte Sam giving sweets to little Pedro and little Ranjid is not as easily remembered as the times little Sam beat up little Ali or little Rahim – especially not by Ali and Rahim.
The U.S. Army did good work in Germany, but my uncle didn’t like them, because some G.I.s stole his mother’s wedding ring. That’s how people’s minds work.

@Mike: Don’t worry, as soon as there is anything we want in North Korea, “the West” will invade. After all, that’s all it everything comes down to: Money. That’s why we care about Iraq and Libya and that’s also why we don’t give a flying fuck about North Korea or Zimbabwe.

@topic: If you’re sending an army to another country for whatever reason, there’s always people who don’t like it. Even IF democracy and freedom suddenly kicked in, there’d still be a lot of people who wouldn’t like it. C’est la vie.

When I was a kid, near the barracks in our town there was still an old grafitto: “Yankee go home!”
Foreign soldiers are never welcome if they stay longer than it needs to defeat the opposing army.