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2004-01-15 Korea
South Korea’s Foreign Minister Resigns
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Posted by 4thInfVet 2004-01-15 3:05:49 AM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Ok, I know that the US presence there benefits the ROK (keeps the Norks out), but what does America get out of it? Anything at all?
Posted by Desert Blondie 2004-1-15 3:49:19 AM||   2004-1-15 3:49:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Hundayi cars,and Sanyo electronics.Cheap pieces of crap.
Posted by raptor  2004-1-15 7:33:46 AM||   2004-1-15 7:33:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Hundayi cars,and Sanyo electronics.Cheap pieces of crap.
Posted by raptor  2004-1-15 7:33:49 AM||   2004-1-15 7:33:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 look people, the Skor position is not crazy.

Why should they particularly care that NKOR has nukes? Nkor can destroy Seoul with conventional artillery, so getting rid of Nkor nukes doesnt buy them all that much. And taking a hardline toward NKOR risks that very outcome, the destruction of Seoul. And if all goes well, and NKOR just collapses, theyve got this huge population to absorb - a much more difficult situation than Germany. Lets face it N. Korean nukes are a threat to the US and Japan, and a threat of spread to the mideast.

Does this mean the current govts policy is the right one for SKOR - not necessarily, and it also doesnt mean we shouldnt pressure them to take OUR interests more seriously, including rebasing. But cheap attacks on a close ally, who HAS sent troops to Iraq, is not a good idea.
Posted by liberalhawk 2004-1-15 10:27:24 AM||   2004-1-15 10:27:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Roh accepted Yoon Young-kwan’s resignation, saying the Foreign Ministry was not fully backing his administration’s policy of "independence" from Washington.

Yes! So give 'em what they want - total independence, as in the you're-on-your-own type. And the sooner the better.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-15 10:36:37 AM||   2004-1-15 10:36:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 --He said the Foreign Ministry should serve to implement the president’s policy.--

So should our State Dept and look how well they implement W's policy.

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I think Gweilo Diaries' archive is messed up, but there was a quote someone said along the lines of (in response to fingerprinting, IIRC), The US should not require visas from us to assuage our national pride.

And Conrad's booby embargo is still in effect.
Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-1-15 12:16:11 PM||   2004-1-15 12:16:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Ok, I know that the US presence there benefits the ROK (keeps the Norks out), but what does America get out of it? Anything at all?
Posted by Desert Blondie 2004-1-15 3:49:19 AM||   2004-1-15 3:49:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 Hundayi cars,and Sanyo electronics.Cheap pieces of crap.
Posted by raptor  2004-1-15 7:33:46 AM||   2004-1-15 7:33:46 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Hundayi cars,and Sanyo electronics.Cheap pieces of crap.
Posted by raptor  2004-1-15 7:33:49 AM||   2004-1-15 7:33:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 look people, the Skor position is not crazy.

Why should they particularly care that NKOR has nukes? Nkor can destroy Seoul with conventional artillery, so getting rid of Nkor nukes doesnt buy them all that much. And taking a hardline toward NKOR risks that very outcome, the destruction of Seoul. And if all goes well, and NKOR just collapses, theyve got this huge population to absorb - a much more difficult situation than Germany. Lets face it N. Korean nukes are a threat to the US and Japan, and a threat of spread to the mideast.

Does this mean the current govts policy is the right one for SKOR - not necessarily, and it also doesnt mean we shouldnt pressure them to take OUR interests more seriously, including rebasing. But cheap attacks on a close ally, who HAS sent troops to Iraq, is not a good idea.
Posted by liberalhawk 2004-1-15 10:27:24 AM||   2004-1-15 10:27:24 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 Roh accepted Yoon Young-kwan’s resignation, saying the Foreign Ministry was not fully backing his administration’s policy of "independence" from Washington.

Yes! So give 'em what they want - total independence, as in the you're-on-your-own type. And the sooner the better.
Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2004-1-15 10:36:37 AM||   2004-1-15 10:36:37 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 --He said the Foreign Ministry should serve to implement the president’s policy.--

So should our State Dept and look how well they implement W's policy.

---

I think Gweilo Diaries' archive is messed up, but there was a quote someone said along the lines of (in response to fingerprinting, IIRC), The US should not require visas from us to assuage our national pride.

And Conrad's booby embargo is still in effect.
Posted by Anonymous2U 2004-1-15 12:16:11 PM||   2004-1-15 12:16:11 PM|| Front Page Top

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