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4 in 10 South Koreans Blame US for Nork nukes
Yep, I'm back, from Iraq no less (more about that later), and ready to resume the war here on the homefront. Media beasts are hereby warned. SEOUL, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Four in 10 South Koreans blamed the United States more than any other country for North Korea's test of a nuclear weapon, a survey said. Of 500 adults questioned by South Korea's Research Plus research firm, 43 percent selected the United States over other countries as the one most responsible for the test North Korea performed Monday, the Korea Times said Sunday. North Korea was chosen second with 37 percent, followed by South Korea with almost 14 percent, China with about 2 percent and Japan with 1 percent. Look what they made us do!! Wah! Wah! About 20 percent of the respondents said they were not particularly worried by the test and nearly 30 percent said panic buying was unnecessary and another 35 percent said they didn't engage in panic buying because they were desensitized to the issue. lemmings, pre-brainwashed into giving up without a fight, a fight they would win if they tried. Panic buying is an indicator of people's attitudes, the Times said. About 12 percent of those questioned said the lack of panic in South Korea was attributable to improved relations between the two countries. The telephone survey conducted Tuesday and Wednesday has a margin of error of plus or minus 4.4 percent, the Times said. US culpability is a very common theme in media-industrial complex coverage of the Korean issue (and every other issue, for that matter). In this case, there is no attempt at a factual defense, just constant repetition to plant the meme in gullible segments of the population. In an interview last week, for example, left media maven and Parade magazine editor David Wallichensky brazenly proclaimed that both North Korea and Iran had initiated their nuclear programs after the US invasion of Iraq made them feel less secure. This is ridiculous on its face, since these programs were provably initiated many years ago, but large elements of the media-conformist population won't know any better. Wallichensky's claim went unchallenged, btw. A second media meme, constantly treated as something to be taken for granted and therefore never challenged, involves the alleged invincibility of the North Korean conventional forces, Kim's "million man army." These reports sometimes mention the 37,000 US troops in South Korea but ignore the very existence of the South Korean (ROK)forces, let alone their stength and efficiency. This myth/meme is especially popular among the MSM's academic counterparts. I recently heard a poli-sci type from Texas A&M declare that even if we nuked the north, "what was left of Kim's army would capture Seoul in about 15 minutes." This is serious bravo-sierra but, again, nobody was able to offer a challenge. Incidentally, how many people remember MSM references to Saddam's "battle-hardened million man army" in 1991? Posted by: Thugum Chereng8326 2006-10-16 |
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