

Technically Korea was a stalemate at worst. The North Koreans initiated the invasion and the goal was to push them back a bit then end the war. MacArthur fucked that up and pushed too far spooking the Chinese but the pre-war borders were more or less reestablished, so not victory but sure as shit wasn’t defeat given how bad the war was going for awhile.
Righteous hatred vs fear based hatred. It’s the difference between a John Brown and a Klansman, both hated but the type of hate was different.