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** For most of its history North Korea depended on foreign aid from [[wikipedia:Communist states|Communist states]] to keep the economy running. However, this was never officially acknowledged. The Soviet Union ignored this ungrateful behavior because they needed North Korea as a [[wikipedia:Buffer state|buffer state]] and did not want them to ally with China. After the Soviet Union collapsed North Korea suffered economic disaster as Russia and China began demanding that any payments be on time and all friendship prices were revoked.

* Similar to the Canadian example above: in the buildup to the Iraq War, France was accused by the United States of betrayal and cowardice for not agreeing to send troops to aid in the war effort. This accusation flew in the face of over 200 years of strong relations between the two nations, from the American Revolution to the fact that France had sent troops as part of the coalition effort in Afghanistan less than 2 years prior.

** YMMV on that one. Many Americans have long considered the French to be the ~~UngratefulBastards~~, since France has long been one of the most anti-American countries in the Western world, despite the fact that America rescued France in both [[World War One]] and [[World War Two]], and helped rebuild France after the second, ''and'' defended France from the Soviet Union during the [[Cold War]].

** YMMV on that one. Many Americans have long considered the French to be the [[Ungrateful Bastard]]s, since France has long been one of the most anti-American countries in the Western world, despite the fact that America rescued France in both [[World War One]] and [[World War Two]], and helped rebuild France after the second, ''and'' defended France from the Soviet Union during the [[Cold War]].