Posted on 07/21/2006 6:42:27 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
If these morons keep this up, S. Korea will be slapped with financial sanctions, too. All S. Korean banking institution will be affected, starting with those banks dealing with corporations doing business with N. Korea.
Roh Moo-hyun recently started FTA negotiation with U.S. It pretty much surprised everybody, including U.S.. IMHO, this is a ploy to keep U.S. from completely turning away from S. Korea, while Roh's government continue to obstruct U.S. policy toward N. Korea. His decision to send 3,000-strong Zaytun Brigade of S. Korea to Iraq could be based on the same reason. Give whatever can mollify U.S. just enough to put up with S. Korean government's antics.
He is determined to guard his appeasement policy at all costs. He once declared during his campaign in 2002, "If we get N. Korea thing right, it's OK everything else can go to hell." Seems this was not an empty compaign talk. He is dangerously close to becoming an outright traitor.
Some S. Koreans have wondered from time to time whether Roh Moo-hyun could finish his full term, judging from his unscrupulous and destructive course of actions. It is increasingly possible that this is no longer a rhetorical question.
I think Sutart Levey brought some serious message, demanding clear 'Yes or No' answer. I have been afraid of the possibility that S. Korea could become Israel and California rolled-up together. Security catastrophe equivalent to that of Israel after Al Aqsa Riot, and economic disaster comparable to Claifornia Treasury's bankrupcy after its power crisis. It would just happen thanks to fearlessly twisted Roh.:(
Ping!
Hey Roh, no problem! You take care of it.
Guys, pack your things, we're out'a here, all 37,000 of us.
I am asking this as a serious question. Do we really need South Korea? Is there any strategic value to our presence there? If not, then lets get out and do everything we can to provoke the North to invade. I would LOVE to see all how all these South Korean students (read useful idiots) who want reunification so badly react. I mean, the first time they protest the beloved leader I would love to see their faces as the bullets spray the crowd and/or they are shipped off to the gulag.
Hell, at least the Iraqis want freedom and are willinig to fight for it. Yo, John Murtha, you want to "re-deploy" well I have an idea. Lets stop wasting time in Korea and re-deploy our troops where they are somewhat wanted, but definitely needed.
"Guys, pack your things, we're out'a here, all 37,000 of us."
And we will take our weapons thank you. By the way, if you are looking for us, we will be somewhere near Tehran. Don't forget to write.
We can do all the defending we need to do from Guam.
"The South Koreans are such a bunch of limp wrist-ed pansies."
You really don't know what the hell you are talking about.
"I really think they need to get smacked around a bit to welcome them to the REAL WORLD."
Yeah, they've been without war, starvation, raping, and pillaging for a few decades. They know nothing about the real world. /sarc You have no idea what you are talking about.
bump for later...........
On the bright side, this will allow us to crush pinkos and commies in S. Korea in one big punch. They made themselves so visible and blatant, and lost popular appeal faster than they came to power.
There are two stories going on at the moment. Pinkos and reds doing their last bang, while people are coalescing to crush them. The middle ground is evaporating. Ruling party's popularity is about 13%, while conservative opposition's is about 50%. A rather unusual statistic because opposition party rarely climb over 40% in a poll in the past.
It will be a really interesting time between now and the end of next year. A lot can happen. I expect a dramatic swing to the right. "Koreans do not do shades of gray; they flip," quoting Aidan Forster-Carter.
I think South Korea want a reunification like Germany had. Unfortunately, in this case, East Germany comes out on top.
Pull our troops out of South Korea. Let THEM deal with the problem if they don't like the way we do it. They'll get what they deserve. They'll be shocked when they wake up one morning to find T-72s rolling down their streets. Their assuming that NK doesn't have the resources to mount an invasion, but they're wrong...Kim will starve however many it takes to do it, on the assumption at after he invades, he'll just take what he needs from the South. And stand by for a huge wave of South Korean immigration to the US when it happens. I just hope that Hyundai and other companies move here too. Don't leave anything for Krackpot Kim to use.
Good Cop, Bad Cop? Diplomatic feeler? Plain idiocy??
People tend to look at a few idiot college students and think they represent the entire country. If you did that same thing to the US you would get an equally distorted view.
SK is well aware of the danger and proximity of NK.
When the bombs and artillary from the North starts falling on Seoul who are they going to call?
Since at least the mid-70's, S Korea has been devoted to and become expert at shamelessly and greedily exploiting America in every way imaginable IN ADDITION TO the military umbrella we have provided. Time for it to swim or sink on its own, or let the United Nations step back up to the S Korean plate again.
"Since at least the mid-70's, S Korea has been devoted to and become expert at shamelessly and greedily exploiting America in every way imaginable IN ADDITION TO the military umbrella we have provided."
And your rational for that is what?
S.K. is going to end up "peacefully negotiating" itself into a complete takeover by Uncle Kim.
Does nobody in the world study history any more?
Personal experiences and observations on the ground in S Korea and east Asia over many years as well as freely available info on and from ROK from many quarters. I wasn't blinded by the easy and cheap fun I had while on active duty there. 15 or even 20 years is OK as a welfare child, but more than half a century is preposterous, in fact an embarrasment.
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