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To: hdl who wrote (340671)	1/9/2003 11:04:47 AM
From: SBHX	Respond to of 769670

That decision has to be made by the Koreans themselves, by foreigners even suggesting it, makes it unpalatable to them. That 007 movie portrayal of Koreans (the S Korean army taking orders from an american) is apparently not going over well with the people in the streets of Seoul. And these are the people who are worried most about the people who rule over their cousins in the north. They're mostly worried about them going over the edge and doing something really stupid. Not to mention that lots of the landmines are now cleared on the Souther side. Oh, and they don't like foreigners telling them what to do either. It's a ethnic pride thing. But realistically, when you have evidence that someone is breaking an agreement of non proliferation, do you expose them or hope to win them over with kindness? I really doubt if Ms Rice's actions are wrong here. Otoh, all this talk of regime change everywhere is not going to work if it doesn't start with the ones who need the change themselves. Everytime it is brought up by outsiders breeds resentment and hence makes it even less likely to succeed.