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[billybrobby]

In a Gallup/Chosun Ilbo poll released Monday, two-thirds of South Koreans of military age, of both sexes, said they would side with the North in the event of war between the United States and North Korea.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/17/international/asia/17korea.html?oref=login

ouch! picking the DPRK over the good old US of A.

i suggest that all the student protesters who WANT to go to north korea, be SHIPPED to north korea. pack some kim-chee to go with that tree bark, you punkasses. haha!

[chronicpride]

Was there a poll option for 'side with South Korea'? Or was it NK vs US? A proper poll should be NK vs. ROK forces supported by the US. I think its safe to say that young Koreans would not willingly vote against themselves and their friends and brothers who have to suit up for this.

[Ya-ta Boy]

I saw that article, too. Startling.

However, if the question were presented in a real world context, with scenarios for why the war is occuring, the answers may well be different. Another war of conquest by the Norks is quite different from a US strike at the nuke plants.

[billybrobby]

yeah, it's true. there really is no conceivable situation in which NK would fight the USA without involving SK. and SKoreans wouldn't fight against SK would they? so the question is kinda whacked. but still.

edit--alright, there are some conceivable situations. but they're not likely at this point.

[IlIlNine]

War WILL break out. What we will have then is South Korea, no longer being able to cling together cohesively, splitting into east korea and west korea (or perhaps middle and lower Korea).

The six party talks will turn into 7 party talks. People will remember the good ol' days of being able to go to Seorak-san. Life will go on.

[itaewonguy]

south korea will burn in flames! south korea will eventually win with the help of american and japan will help too and build a new friendship and new found respect.. and then korea will spend the next 30-50 years rebuilding itself again this time as one country!!
of course we will all be dying when korea becomes wealthy again..
im sure most of us will just leave..
becuase seriously this place will be a train wreck after 300.000 missles hit it!

[canuckistan]

[Bulsajo]

[rapier]

Its about time a war happened to these brats. Make them realise exactly whats what, once again. Instead of the protected bubble they're living in now.

[Bulsajo]

If you honestly feel that way you should not be working anywhere near children, and you should be seeking professional help to deal with the serious issues you are displaying.

If you don't honestly feel that way then you're just trolling, aren't you?

Either way, it's hard to believe that anyone on this board will ever take anything you have to say seriously.

[billybrobby]

i just think rapier, like many of us, thinks that the south koreans, especially the student protesters, are living in a dream world when it comes to north korea.

i was walking along in a university campus and i came across these two big signs, one on either side of the sidewalk. one sign was dedicated to america and had a bunch of unflattering pictures of bush and rice and rumsfeld and a bunch of rhetoric about how corrupt they are. and though i'm american, i guess that's cool, because they are pretty corrupt by my standards. but they other sign really bothered me. it was dedicated to north korea, and the title was "what is life like in north korea?" and it showed pictures of people having fun, playing games, bowling and so on. and sure, they do this, but where are the gulags? where are the emaciated children? for people to attack america is one thing, but to whitewash the story of such a murderous regime is just criminal. if south koreans are going to forget the stories of north korean refugees, the stories of torture and oppression, then who is going to remember them?

anyways, i'm not the first person to play this tune. but i guess its worth repeating.

[soviet_man]

[VanIslander]

Imagine some Russian Soviets sitting in East Berlin in the sixties being shocked at the idea of their German comrades siding emotionally with West Germany.

We call them "South Koreans", they call themselves "Koreans". Expecting them to side with Americans over other Koreans is absurd from their perspective. Of course, from our perspective, it seems only logical.

Korea is a nation divided, and is so as a result of an agreement made by outside forces, the Americans being among them.

If I was Korean, I'd find the question pretty easy to answer too.

[Barking Mad Lord Snapcase]

[billybrobby]