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| So. Korean Minister: US Forces Should Stay After Unification |
| 2006-03-16 |
| You make your bed, you lay in it South Korean minister emphasized Thursday the necessary of the U.S. forces stationed in Korean peninsula even after the unification of the two Koreans. 'We must see the U.S. Forces Korea as a constant,' Minister of Unification Lee Jong-seok said, indicating that the South hopes the U.S. forces would further stay in Korea even after the reunification, the Korea Times reported Thursday. At a breakfast forum of Seoul National University`s political science alumna at a Seoul hotel, Lee said that it is one of the two key conditions under which South and North Korea could work toward establishing a peace regime after resolving the North`s nuclear issue at the six-party talks. North Korean officials have often criticized the presence of the U.S. forces in the South but North Korean leader Kim Jong-il once said that he has changed his way of thinking since the end of the Cold War, expressing hope that U.S. forces would serve to maintain stability in the Northeast Asian region, according to some South Koreans who met Kim during the inter-Korean summit in June 2000 in Pyongyang. Lee, who is in charge of the North Korean issues, added that the other condition for discussion of the peace treaty entails the matter of bilateral joint control of the inter-Korean border. |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #6 Hey, they gotta have somebody to blame... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2006-03-16 23:46 |
| #5 What, they don't trust their neighbors, the Chinese? |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2006-03-16 22:22 |
| #4 "South Korean minister emphasized Thursday the necessary of the U.S. forces stationed in Korean peninsula even after the unification of the two Koreans." Go fuck yourself, Kimchee-breath. If you're stupid enough to unite with that madman up North, you sure as Hell don't need us there. Buh-bye... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2006-03-16 21:46 |
| #3 tell him the hourly rate including O/H and profit |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-03-16 21:16 |
| #2 Somebody needs to give these guys a reality check. They are definitely out of phase. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-03-16 20:26 |
| #1 Link |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-03-16 20:23 |