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To: tejek who wrote (189896)	6/7/2004 1:28:48 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573102

U.S. plans to slash Korea troops cnn.com This headline is barely surfacing above the stuff about Reagan, but this is yet another significant shift of America's role in Korea. Of course, all of the American news agencies missed the fact that this has been in the works for some time. Even months ago, the U.S. military has been pulling out of central Seoul and toward less populated areas. This is significant in symbolic terms because the American buildings in current modern-day Seoul have been occupying prime real estate, and that's been a constant weight on Korean nationalistic pride. Personally I think this is a step in the right direction. And this is a time when we can do it without looking weak, not only in the eyes of North Korea, but also in the eyes of our Asian allies, including Japan and Taiwan. Tenchusatsu

To: tejek who wrote (189896)	6/7/2004 1:29:16 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573102

It's kind of pathetic to see the media pretending to admire Reagan. <<< ... Much of the population seemed to understand that Reagan was a media creation, who had only the foggiest idea of what government policy might be. It is noteworthy that the fact is now tacitly conceded; the instant that the "great communicator" was no longer of any use as a symbol, he was quietly tucked away. After eight years of pretense about the "revolution" that Reagan wrought, no one would dream of asking its standard bearer for his thoughts about any topic, because it is understood, as it always was, that he has none. When Reagan was invited to Japan as an elder statesman, his hosts were surprised -- and given the fat fee, a bit annoyed -- to discover that he could not hold press conferences or talk on any subject. Their discomfiture aroused some amusement in the American press: the Japanese believed what they had read about this remarkable figure, failing to comprehend the workings of the mysterious occidental mind ... >>> zena.secureforum.com