User blog comment:Saturn120/Have Wars Strained Relations?/@comment-5135653-20140527161426

These senarios are a bit different in many ways. America and Britian are both English speaking nations. The War of Colonial Independence was not a catalyst for permamently soured realtions. The war of 1812 was America getting irritated at how the world (Particularlly Britian) treated America. In short that was nothing then Americans feeling "bullied". The two Koreas are a much different matter. No real anger exists betwixt the USA and Britian simply put, because they are cousins and important trade partners. Korea.... is a mess. Both sides claim an entire penninsula for their own purposes, with two seperate governments and political idealogies that are at the core, incompatible. America and Britian, essentially had the same economic ideals and suprisingly similar government. None of these traits can be carried toward Korea, which is technically still at war as a peace was never truely declared, just a truce.