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[Ajarn Miguk]

[indiercj]

[Derrek]

Does anyone here actually BELIEVE that KJII would give up any ounce of power if there were a "reunification?"

Some of you need to wake up and smell what you are shoveling.

Unifying the two Koreas couldn't possibly be more akin to mixing oil and water. Which side will "give" in to the other's form of goverment? Do you expect the North to simply allow captialism to happen up there? Do you expect the South to allow itself to be ruled by KJII?

Do you expect the South Koreans to fund all of the reunification? Do you expect the North Koreans, when they see Samsung and Lotte popping up around them, to be content with their low uneducated wages? Do you expect them to simply "be happy" that the Southern people are attempting (and currently act like they expect) to rule over them and control their lives? Come on... as I understand it, these are the very reasons why the war began in the first place -- the North hating the Southern people trying to control the whole pie!

Take a look at what happens to the North Koreans when they defect here. They are treated like 2nd rate citizens. They are given money from the government, and then they are preyed upon buy South Koreans, who see any easy target because NK's have no idea how to handle it! I promise you, this would happen on a MASS SCALE if reunification were to happen! And when cheated, these people will be pissed and want to fight back. Guess what happens next? A whole lot of problems, and possibly another war.

Some of us live in a dreamworld. Some of us live in reality.

With that, I hope, very much, that the SK gov't will ask the US troops to leave. But they won't. Roh and his posse want the US to leave, but they don't want to be responsible for the backlash caused by that. They want to blame all problems associated with the US leaving on just one entity: The US.

[dogbert]

It's funny how South Koreans can see the U.S. as the "biggest obstacle to unification", when it's clear that the biggest obstacle (although also the smallest, in a way) is their fellow Korean Kim Jong-il himself. All that needs to happen is for Kim to give up, a la Gorbachev, Honeceker, et al. But stubbornness is an admirable trait for many Koreans, hence, the obstacle.

[bucheon bum]

[Ajarn Miguk]

[gypsyfish]

[quote="The Bobster"]

[Yu_Bum_suk]

I have heard that most will move out of the Itawon area by 2007. That will be great. It would be nice to see them as far from Seoul as possible if they do have to stay in Korea. Imagine what it would be like to live/work around Itawon in a few years with no GIs around.

[lastat06513]

Yu_Bum_suk wrote

[Captain Corea]

One simpler solution would be to move the troops out of the city (I know, that is in the works). It simply should have been done a LONG time ago.

Why there are military units of another nations army in the capital is beyond me (and yes, I understand he historical context but still beleive it is the height of ignorance to keep them stationed in Yonsan).




Anyways, I too was looking for more comments by inerject (or whatever the name is). Honestly, quoting one of Noh's dumbest quotes of the week is hardly creative.


The Koreans DO need to decide their own policies. The Koreans DO need to determine who is a friend and who is not. The Koreans DO need to work on their diplomacy and treaty making skills. But most of al the Koreans DO need to get rid of that schmo Noh and put someone with a sense of history and a vision for the future into office.

[Yu_Bum_suk]

[Ajarn Miguk]