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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (157293)	1/2/2003 9:56:29 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579899

That's not my point, but hey, if you want to go there ... Personally, I think the deep nationalistic pride in South Korea is fostering into a kind of arrogance. There's nothing wrong with wanting more autonomy from the U.S. and asking for less military presence. In fact, America would love to save $3B a year by pulling out of South Korea. Interesting.......just months ago you came back from S. Korea on a high. Clearly, you were feeling your Korean roots and went on and on about praising the S. Korean culture 2/7. In fact just weeks ago, you gave me a second warning to be careful about what I said re all things Korean. Weeks later, right after a large demonstration of anti American sentiment, you are ready to trash the S. Koreans, calling them arrogant because they're feeling their sense of nationalism. Amazing how quickly that happened....virtually overnite. Its hard to keep up with your change in moods. ;~)) But the anti-Americanism is reaching some absurd heights. Here are some examples: The American embassy interferes with the feng shui (or whatever) of the city district it's in. America actually profits from having a military presence in South Korea. America wants to colonialize South Korea. And on and on. I don't know about the feng shui of the American embassy since I had thought only the Chinese were concerned with the feng shui of a place but as I understood the purpose of the demonstration, it reflected growing concern over the increasing tension between the US and NK. S. Koreans are fearful that these hostilities would destabilize the region. P.S. - I stand by my statement about liberals in America. Clinton thought he gave Bush a diplomatic victory in the Korean peninsula, when the truth was that North Korea was pursuing nukes well before Bush got inaugurated. And now liberals think North Korea is a big danger because Bush named them part of an "Axis of Evil"? That's preposterous. What liberal thinks we should attack NK? What I hear most liberals saying is that if you are worried about nuclear proliferation, why go after the guy where containment seems to be working and ignore the guy where its not. I know you will go to your death rather than agree but I think the hypocrisy lies more with the Right than it does with the Left. There is definitely no consistency at all with the current administration's foreign policy paticularly as it relates to nukes. And I also find it curious, as anti Americanism proponents grow into a long list abroad, how the Right always finds fault with those who oppose American policies instead of looking at where the current administration may be screwing up. And should an American even point out what's happening abroad, some rightwinger will accuse that person of sedition or treason or both. Frankly, these so called 'patriots' have a philosophy that runs counter to what I learned America is all about or what it stands for. I believe these 'patriots' are better suited to be in those countries whose citizens are not permitted to object to the policies of the gov't. Then and only then, may they be happy. <g> ted