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[The Happy Warrior]

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Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program.

[Gwangjuboy]

[The Happy Warrior]

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[TheUrbanMyth]

[Murph]

There is a simple fact that the author is overlooking. Countries do not have friends, countries have interests. Furthermore we must also remember that when it comes down to it, most people are going to serve their self interests. America wants Korea to shut down this bank (as one example.) Sounds simple enough, but what about the bank manager with a family, who is sending two kids to five academies each, and paying off his or her Equus? Do you think that he or she will just happily step down to avoid the possibility of maybe helping terrorsts? People in America use banks to commit crimes, why not shut the banks down there? Furthermore I think it is even more important to prove that allowing this bank in the country is helping terrorist (or the government build a nuclear weapons program.) If this cannot be proven then why should South Korea act?

I don't want to seem anti American with my next point, because I am truly not, however we should all keep in mind that American came into Korea over 60 years ago because it was in America's best interest. It is nice to think that Americans got together and agreed that there was a lot of injustice in Korea, and something had to be done because it was just the right thing to do. I am sorry to burts anyone's bubble but that's just not the way it happened. Truth be known America played a part in handing Korea over to Japan (see below). Beyond that America took no part in stopping The Rwandan genocide. Why not? It wasn't in Americas interest to do so. America and South Korea are allies, and America has done a lot to help South Korea, however that doesn't require submission. Or does it???

The main argument that I am making here is that South Korea is most likely acting in it's own self interest which is exactly what every other country does. Furthermore unless a clear and present threat can be demonstrated South Korea really has no reason to act (in self interest or otherwise) so we shouldn't come down too hard on South Korea.

Negotiations lasted through August. Prior to the beginning of negotiations, the Japanese had allegedly made the Taft-Katsura Agreement with the United States in July 1905, agreeing to Japanese control in Korea in return for American dominance in the Philippines. Also, the Japanese agreed with Britain to extend the Anglo-Japanese treaty to cover all of Eastern Asia, in return for Britain also agreeing to Japanese control over Korea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Portsmouth

[TheUrbanMyth]

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[TheUrbanMyth]

[shinramyun]

Even though America sacrificed lot of soldiers to stop NK, you are only fooling yourself to believing that America was only fighting for South korea's survival against communism. It was America's interest to keep the communism contained and if South Korea did fall into NK, then Japan would be in harms way and America's position in east asia would be threatened. Not to mention, korea is a good buffer zone against china and Russia in east asia.

[Murph]

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[Skyblue]

So why doesn't the US pull out of Korea in a fit of pique? Ha ha. Because they want to be here. And dead bodies don't mean a thing when politicians are thinking about long-term political, military, and economic strategy.