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| S. Korean military told to lose ’hostile feelings’ for the enemy | |
| 2004-07-07 | |
| PC-Mania at it most dangerous worst! When the sreaming horde of North Korean commies charge over the DMZ, the South Korean troops could always hand out flyers saying, "Welcome, can’t we all get along?" South Korea’s National Security Council Secretary Gen. Yi Chong-Sok recently told South Korean military officers to reduce their feelings of hostility toward the enemy. Yi told the officers during a military academy speech June 19: "It will make a stronger military when soldiers serve along the barbed-wire fences [in the Demilitarized Zone] with enhanced sense of citizenship and pride and affection for the country, rather than with hostile feelings toward enemy forces, will it not?" (This guy must have been speaking to Kerry recently) One general then asked Yi, "I understand you are saying that arousing hostile feelings toward the enemy alone cannot render our military stronger. In that case, how can we educate our men on their perspectives toward the enemy in the reality where the North and South are confronting each other?" Yi then sought to clarify his statement: "I only mentioned a general idea. I did not say it with North Korea in mind." Whom then, Turkmenistan, Iceland maybe ?
The government of South Korean President Roh Moo-Hyun has been criticized for having pro-North Korea views. (We do not need to wonder why any longer.) | |
| Posted by:Mark Espinola |
| #9 Shipman, thanks for the book reference -- just hit Amazon to get it. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-07-07 11:51:15 PM |
| #8 I'm w/CiT. If you're stupid enough to put your capital city within the range of 10,000 conventional artillery pieces - not much we can do for you. |
| Posted by: Jarhead 2004-07-07 10:06:45 PM |
| #7 I think we should pull our troops and walk away. If the SKORS fall to the NORKS and millions are killed, it might just be the wake up call that the free world needs. I know it sounds heartless, but there seems to be a willfullness to ignore the evil that exists in this world. Maybe a serious dose of reality might turn things around. Besides, I'm tired of the U.S. having to foot the bill for a growing collection of ungrateful asshats. CiT |
| Posted by: CiT 2004-07-07 9:18:47 PM |
| #6 We need to keep on our timetable for drawing down all of our troops in SKor. We will have plenty of airpower for air support. The SKors have all the resources for their defense. All that they need is the will, and that will be up to them. Heaven knows that we sacrificed 50,000 good men for their freedom. I hope that they appreciate it, but I have my doubts on the younger generation. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul in Lake Minchumina, AK 2004-07-07 9:01:43 PM |
| #5 Feelings... nothing more then feelings... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-07 8:39:05 PM |
| #4 Unfortunately,I could easily imagine same speech from a Democrat Sec.of Defence. |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-07-07 6:48:55 PM |
| #3 S. Korean military told to lose ’hostile feelings’ for the enemy As long as the "enemy" they're referring to is the US of A, I have no problem with it - it's about time they stopped being hostile to Uncle Sam. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2004-07-07 6:33:25 PM |
| #2 I've been reading "An Army at Dawn" about the North African Campaign.... getting a good hate going was a key to final and (belated) success. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-07 5:51:33 PM |
| #1 I'm not sure that we should leave 24,500 troops in the ROK. It's time to deploy them elsewhere. Fifty years is a long time to protect increasingly ungrateful and inhospitable people. Let them figure out their true feelings when they don't have the US to hide behind. |
| Posted by: RWV 2004-07-07 5:22:29 PM |