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[dogbert]

What's wrong with it is that if he's addressing Koreans resident overseas who are citizens of other nations, then they shouldn't be putting Korea's interests first, necessarily. The fact that you (and many Koreans) don't grasp this is what makes me wish we in North America did not hand out naturalization certificates like crackerjack toys.

[indiercj]

[thorin]

[indiercj]

For those who can read Korean, here is Rho's whole speech. Judge for yourself.

[JongnoGuru]

This president is delusional if he defines his enemies simply as pro-Americans. Surely his "enemies", and this country's problems, are far more varied than that.

[dogbert]

[indiercj]

[Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee]

Well I wish he had never sent any troops to Iraq because then that would have been the straw that broke the camel's back.

How do you think the US would have reacted if he had refused to send soldiers?

He never had a choice because Korea has a good thing going - and Korea has zero cards to play w/ the US.

Not like the US gets anything out of the relationship.

[dogbert]

Thanks again, indiercj. I've read the quotes of Roh and it does clear some things up, while leaving some things unclear (to me). What are your thoughts?

Roh said, "�ѱ������ε� �̱�������� �� ģ������ �������� ���� ����ϴ� ����� ���� ���������� �����", which I read as "They [the people I'm talking about] are Korean citizens, but are more like Americans than Americans themselves and they are the ones that are most worrisome and difficult. There, President Roh specifically speaks of Korean citizens (that is, not ethnic Koreans in general). Actually, I agree with him, because I have the same concern in regard to U.S. citizens who actually seem to be more Korean than Korean citizens in their thinking.

But Roh goes on to say, "�ѱ�����̸� �ѱ������� �����ϰ� �Ǵ��ؾ� �Ѵ�", which means, "If you are Korean, you must think and judge like a Korean". Now in that quote, President Roh does not say "Korean citizen", but merely "Korean". Could that be purposeful, or is Roh merely as careless in his speech as ol' George W.? In any event, I think my interpretation that he's speaking of ethnic Koreans everywhere is fair.

[indiercj]

[dogbert]

OK, fair enough. As you are a native speaker and an educated man, I have to accept your reading of it.

On the other hand, I still find it an odd thing for the president to feel he has to express, especially singling out Koreans who supposedly are are more like Americans than Americans themselves (the next such Korean I meet will be the first), rather than say, Koreans who think like Chinese, or Koreans who think like Japanese.

And I still maintain, vid my comments regarding Cho Se-hyun's mail, that there is a definite set way of thinking in regard to many issues that the majority of Koreans will agree is the accepted "Korean way of thinking" and that other Koreans cross that at their own risk.

[thorin]

[thorin]

[ulsanchris]

Roh is just using antiamerican rhetoric to discredit his oppenents.
Personally I don't see thatbending over and offering to take it up the tail pipe from N. Korea is in S. korea's interest.

[funplanet]

I am sure most Koreans are interested in putting Korea's interests first but are not too happy with the moron who is in office....they are free to express their own opinion and if they believe the Sunshine Policy is idiotic and the American approach more realistic...then who is to judge them? they should think like Koreans? yeah, WTF? thinking outside the box is definately not Korean so should they be stuck in the 18th century?

believe it or not, there are Koreans who support the American approach toward Nk...are they less patriotic? no....are they traitors? no...are they free to express their own opinions without President Dopey telling them how to think? yes...