Older South Koreans appreciate what America did for them 60 years ago but the 20 to 55 year old crowd thinks we’re the problem. I’ll never forget reading a National Geographic Magazine on Korea a few years ago and saw a picture of a large window in a South Korean restaruant with a sign that said “Americans not welcome’’. Nice huh?
Yes real nice I recall a poll where the S.Korean youth said they would rather be on the side of the North and I recall reading how badly they talked about our Soldiers just a few short years ago calling them invaders.
Poll: Youths Back N. Korea if Attacked
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8FTU7HO2&show_article=1
US slighted in South Korean film
http://www.theworld.org/2010/04/22/us-slighted-in-south-korean-film/
and this one from the left
The Mythical North Korean Threat
http://www.g2mil.com/korea.htm
South Koreans debate need for U.S. presence
“South Koreans’ opinions about the U.S. troop presence range from gratitude to indifference and, sometimes, resentment over what they see as arrogant behavior.
Although Kim said she rarely sees U.S. soldiers in Seoul, she has a largely negative image of them: impolite, even though they’re visitors in a foreign country and should be on their best behavior.
“They act like they’re masters of this nation,” she said.”
http://www.stripes.com/news/south-koreans-debate-need-for-u-s-presence-1.77800
Well you get the picture. The S. Korean’s do have twice the population of the North and a far better economy and unfair trade restrictions on American products so given how we have been treated I would hope they could start at least footing the bill for their own safety. Either that or given how they do business and feel about us learn to defend themselves. Funny how we are supposedly so bad until they need us isn’t it.