- Koehlers piece was notable only in the fact that he's woefully uninformed concerning politics re South Korea. His main points being he doesn't like the use of our flag as a base to the protest, nor the burning of the NK standards. For his information WE planted our flag on their soil 50 years ago, and they embraced its promise like few other emancipated American protectorates have.
- The vast majority of SK people out-conservative even the most ardent of Americans on the right. Perhaps Robert should try living 25 miles from a megalomaniac with his hand in the atomic soup for the last 10 or 15 years before he pontificates so judgmentally. Since I have lived in, married, speak the language, and been involved in all things Korean for over 45 years I consider myself somewhat of a minor expert in the topic....
- I'm not defending flag burning, emulating the loathsome tactics of the Marxist left in this country, but I can certainly cut the SK citizens some slack if their zeal is a bit over the top at times, given the circumstances they live under every day of their lives.
- Watching the thousands of kidnaping's for ransom, killings, and political assassination attempts over the years by NK murder teams, what's really surprising is that the SK citizenry show such reserve.
- Its easy to see why people, not familiar with the extreme tenseness just beneath the surface, can be confused and misread the normalcy they see. That has more to do with the toughness and adaptability of the SK people more than the any political reality. Robert should either ask a lot more questions first or stick to things he knows about....I don't generally take bloggers to task but felt compelled to counter this one....
Hunter - Your position is also supported by the comment thread Koehler has on his site. It seems that many people consider that any support, under any circumstances, for the U.S. in SK is positive.
I have responded to Hunter's comments on my own blog.
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