[Thud]

This excerpt consists of five paragraphs of twenty-two in the whole article, so it qualifies as fair use. Note that the NY Times' headline has little to do with the story - the headline is Raines' usual propaganda but the story itself is reasonably straight.

This is definitely the end of our alliance with South Korea. When the time comes to take out North Korea's nuclear capability, we should take out the whole regime by destroying the railroad tunnels and bridges which hold that mountainous country together. Sure they'll starve, and flood China and South Korea with millions of refugees. But that will be their problem, not ours.

Our government's duty is to us, not to foreigners. North Korean nukes in terrorist hands will kill us at home, not South Koreans or Chinese. If the South Korean army wants to avoid this, it can. If not, we'll either eliminate North Korea ourselves or wait for its nukes to be used by terrorists on our cities.

[Thud]

ping

[lmr]

It just seems to me that the South Korean president is a 'clintonite', I don't think that South Korea would rather partner with the North and lose us... That would be stupid, and I think most grateful South Koreans would agree.

[Williams]

Another simplistic analysis with atom bombs dropping all over the place. I support taking out the N. Korean nuclear capability. I don't know where you get the idea that destroying the tunnels is so important if we are pulling out of S Korea. Also don't know why you are accepting this story as gospel. If it is true it hasn't been reported this way anywhere else yet. Maybe Roh is an idiot, a NK agent or both. Then again, maybe this article is sensationalism.

[Robert_Paulson2]

"It looks like Roh is prepared to throw the alliance away and make common cause with North Korea. We don't understand why he seems to trust North Korea so completely."

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UH... perhaps because HE is one of THEM?

as in this guy is a commie symp, just like the democrats are here in the USA. They would sell our security and sovereignty down the toilet for a blow job from a two dollar whore... and so would this guy in South Korea.

NOW we pay the price for clintongs oral sex in the oval office... and some day soon, South Korea will pay their price tag for this guys capitulation with the comrade's to his north...

Live and learn... or not learn and repeat...

Bye bye capitalism, freedom and democracy. They will be lucky if they dont' get nuked and invaded anyway...

Japan will not sit still for this. Who can blame them?

[MJY1288]

I hope Bush accepts South Korea's offer of ending the relationship with us, but announces that we will not stand by and allow Kim Jong Il to produce weapons of mass destruction and continue their arms sales to despotic regimes.

We need to get our boys out of that region ASAP

[Thud]

God, a mis-spelling in the title. I gotta get more sleep.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

FYI

[McGavin999]

The South Koreans are starting to panic. I think they have just had a massive dose of reality injected. The fact that Roh is appointing conservatives to his cabinet means that he's having second thoughts about the plank he ran on.

Sometimes it's good for people to see what would happen if they got what they want.

Personally, I'd like to see our troops out of there, but I'll defer to the more level heads who are running our country now to make that decision. The thought of sacrificing the blood of our troops to save the skins of an ungrateful people just makes me sick.

[B. Rabbit]

I have a hard time even believing this.

I'm not saying that SK should be a lap-dog, but for the love of all that is good, is there any doubt why SK enjoys prosperity and NK is in a permanent state of communism and starvation?

Zero gratitude. This Roh idiot needs to be exposed. That or let NK have 'em, pull our boys and girls over there home.

[xm177e2]

Let the Koreas take care of matters of reintegration. If we're not wanted, we should check out. The South Koreans had a close election, and the leftist candidate won. They made their choice, now they can live with it.

[Greenpees]

N Korea routinely says to S. Korea that they would deeply regret the destruction they will bring upon their S.Korean "brothers" because of external problems with America.

...And the S. Korean government doesn't see this as a direct threat?

And under this direct threat, Roh's first question is "What can I do to help you President Il?"

I'm so glad we don't have an absolutely vacant freak like Roh leading our country.

Make me like GW that much more whenever I hear these other so-called "World Leaders" say something.

[Rain-maker]

Seems like the above NYT's article is full of BS

 

S.Korea's Kim Says U.S. Alliance, Troops Must Stay

http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20030223_375.html

Feb. 23

— SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Kim Dae-jung said on Monday that Seoul's security alliance with the United States would remain vital to the Korean peninsula and regional security even after any reunification with North Korea.

"Realistically, for the maintenance of peace on the Korean peninsula, North-South reconciliation and the solid South Korea-U.S. security alliance must be continued, " Kim said.

"For the stability of Northeast Asia, the presence of U.S. troops in South Korea is necessary now and after reunification," he said in his final address to the country before handing power to elected successor on Tuesday.

The United States maintains 37,000 troops in South Korea under a bilateral alliance that was set up in 1953 at the end of the three-year Korean War.

[guitfiddlist]

We need examples of what happens to idiot peaceniks. And South Korea would be an excellent example - if they voluntarily choose to jump over that cliff.

If that's what they decide, then let's just get our military forces out of there, encourage their replacement with idiot American human rights activists and vote monitors (Hey Carter - ya bozo, that means you!) and televise the carnage from a distance, for the benefit of what will be a rapidly dwindling number of peacenik morons in the rest of the world.

[happygrl]

"Our government's duty is to us, not to foreigners. North Korean nukes in terrorist hands will kill us at home, not South Koreans or Chinese."

The new American policy.

[dighton]

South Korea Abaondoning Alliance With U.S.

Please don't change headlines. The original is, U.S. Approach on N. Korea Strains Alliances in Asia.

[Jeff Head]

We don't understand why he seems to trust North Korea so completely

I can think of a few reasons to understand it. Probably the same types of reasons Clinton trusts the Red Chinese so completely.

This is bad news. If it continues this way, the N. Korean surrogates of China may not have to even fight to take the south. ... And if that happens, it will make a huge strategic difference in how China proceeds with its hegonomy plans for Asia IMHO ... and may escalate and advance their time table.

[Thud]

ping

[Bill Davis FR]

bring the troops home