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2002-12-19 Axis of Evil

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-12-19 11:37 am|| || Front Page|| [11133 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 The phrase 'fight with the South; is ambiguous in an amusing way. An ignorant person or institution(or Reuters, Al Jazera, CNN, NPR or the faculty lounge at UC Berkeley) could infer that the US and South Korea were on opposite sides.

Posted by Anonymous 2002-12-19 11:45:26|| 2002-12-19 11:45:26|| Front Page Top

#2 I have a feeling the tough talk is partly nationalistic electioneering, and that he'll be less confrontational when he gets into office. Good relations with US is important, and the Bush team won't appreciate a regular dose of middle-digit salutes.

However, I didn't think the Filipinos would kick us out, either, so I could be proved wrong.

Posted by Mark Byron 2002-12-19 12:33:41|| [markbyron.blogspot.com] 2002-12-19 12:33:41|| Front Page Top

#3 We're getting back into the Phillipines, slowly but surely.

The S Kor Army will tolerate this sort of talk only for so long.

Posted by Chuck 2002-12-19 13:17:35|| [www.simmins.org] 2002-12-19 13:17:35|| Front Page Top

#4 Crypto-commie.

Apparently World Cup success got into the SK's heads, generating the current wave of nationalist fever (which makes their obvious & necessary dependence on us intolerable to contemplate). Totally bizarre. But we may all have to pay for it in the end.

Posted by someone 2002-12-19 14:06:38|| 2002-12-19 14:06:38|| Front Page Top

#5 An early christmas present, Rumsfeld just found 35,000 new well trained troops to deploy somewhere else more deserving of their attention.

Posted by Frank Martin 2002-12-19 15:14:25|| [varifrank.blogspot.com] 2002-12-19 15:14:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Forty years is enough time for people to forget why we went there in the first place and why we're still there. Biting the hand that feeds you is a pretty popular global activity.

Posted by john 2002-12-19 18:52:34|| 2002-12-19 18:52:34|| Front Page Top

#7 look its not like sk is irreplaceable.. we've got taiwan, japan, singapore, ...

dead anti-american koreans is no skin off my back.. bring the boys home and let the koreans die..

ps can we do this to france? could we ferry the dprk to cannes??

Posted by Anonymous 2002-12-20 01:21:49|| 2002-12-20 01:21:49|| Front Page Top

#8 Ain't never going to happen. Next to the Israeli lobby in the States, comes, you guessed it, the Korean lobby especially if you are a SoCal congressman and conservative leaning. Next to the Cubans they are Repubs biggest ethnic supporters.

Posted by Jack 2002-12-20 05:24:49|| 2002-12-20 05:24:49|| Front Page Top

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