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2006-05-14 China-Japan-Koreas

Thousands rally against US base relocation plan

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Posted by Steve White 2006-05-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Pull them out...pull them ALL out! Watch'em scream like banshees for forgiveness.

Posted by smn 2006-05-14 01:23|| 2006-05-14 01:23|| Front Page Top

#2 Asswipes. Pull out all of our troops. Don't let them suck off the military money.

Posted by DarthVader 2006-05-14 03:35|| 2006-05-14 03:35|| Front Page Top

#3 I bet zero of the people in the street were born before the Korean war unless they are Commie true believers or in the pay of the Norks. I bet most of the money for this "rally" came from the otehr side of the border.

Just the same if we didn't need the buffer for Japan and Tiawan I would be all for telling the Korean's to piss up a rope.

I encountered a tour bus load of Korean High School kids today they were your typical clueless consumers for all I could tell. Go figure. Peace will do that to people.

Posted by SPoD 2006-05-14 03:45|| http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/]">[http://sockpuppetofdoom.blogspot.com/] 2006-05-14 03:45|| Front Page Top

#4 "Go figure. Peace will do that to people."

Yep-- especially when it's provided free of charge, on a silver platter.

Posted by Dave D.">Dave D. 2006-05-14 07:45|| 2006-05-14 07:45|| Front Page Top

#5 Staying or leaving Korea is pretty much an issue of what serves our needs and those of our allies best. If the government wants us to leave, we will .... but even Roh isn't that stupid, public statements notwithstanding.

Posted by lotp 2006-05-14 07:49|| 2006-05-14 07:49|| Front Page Top

#6 Is it wrong for me to hope that we'll pull all the troops out, and then have a ceremony where we hand over symbolic keys to a representative of North Korea's government?

Y'know, just to say "F$%k you, and choke on your kimchee, dahlinks"?

(I know it would never happen, but it would be sweeeet!)

Posted by Desert Blondie 2006-05-14 09:12|| http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com]">[http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2006-05-14 09:12|| Front Page Top

#7 The 'students' were seething back in 1988 too. Tossing firebombs over the fence on to the Seoul compound. Their rant then was that the US was responsible for the division of the two Koreas. Back then we had a good Commander in theater who public denounce the actions and pointed out loudly that the US and UN [when it meant something] had achieved reunification. It was the intervention by a half a million Chinese that resulted in todays division. Things seemed to calm down after that.

Posted by Elmemble Hupamp7763 2006-05-14 09:29|| 2006-05-14 09:29|| Front Page Top

#8 I'm just happy that more of our troops will be out of artillery range. Seoul will be pretty chaotic when the balloon finally goes up. They're (SKoRs) big boys now and should be expected to absorb the initial attack.

Posted by whitecollar redneck 2006-05-14 09:35|| 2006-05-14 09:35|| Front Page Top

#9 6,000 is chump change. If the people really wanted us out the demonstrations would be wild. This looks like another Chinese Maoist attempt to discredit the US and Korean Governments. I wonder if they served food at the event as a draw or offered discounts on computer toys for taking part.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-05-14 11:15|| 2006-05-14 11:15|| Front Page Top

#10 So long, and thanks for all the kimchee.

Posted by Perfessor 2006-05-14 15:43|| 2006-05-14 15:43|| Front Page Top

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