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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: Garden Rose who wrote (218369)2/14/2007 1:04:37 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
Garden Rose, > As far as Korea, most of the S. Koreans would like to reunite w/N. Korea and would like us out of their country. We are there less for the S. Koreans and more for our own strategic interests.

a) South Koreans are just as divided politically as Americans. A majority favor Kim Dae Jung's "Sunshine Policy" and think America is the #1 obstacle to that. But a significant minority, especially the older generations who remember what life was like back during the Korean War and the tumultuous decades which followed, still want America to stay and still favor a hard-line stance against the communist North.

b) The current president of South Korea, Roh Moo-Hyun, was elected on an anti-American, pro-Sunshine Policy platform. However, shortly after he came into office, he made overtures to the American military and even sent some Korean troops to Iraq. Why? Because even Korean liberals realize (at least those with a brain and a sense of responsibility) that they can't simply kick America out of Korea. It just doesn't work that way.

c) Reunification is near and dear to the hearts and minds of every Korean. However, most South Koreans are very fearful that they will be stuck with the bill for decades to come. Hence most of them would prefer to delay reunification as long as possible. Heck, South Korea became rich and prosperous without the North, didn't they? What's the point of reunifying now?

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