S.Koreans in candlelit protest over U.S. military pact

Reuters News (Seoul, Korea) ^ | 14 December 2002 | Bill Tarrant

[Robert Lomax]

I don't put much stock in the over-sensationalizing of this demonstration. This demonstation is about as important in Korea as the Million Man March was here. The good hard working people there have no time for that non-sense. I've spent an awful lot of time in Korea and the average citizen is about as Anti-American as the Nation of Islam is pro-American.

[panaxanax]

Untwist your panties there buddy-boy. Looks to me like ROK got paid three times!

The first time was when we saved your country with the blood of our sons, fathers and brothers.

The second time when the U.S. taxpayers paid your mercinaries to fight for us.

The third time when your country ordered you to send 80% of your wages back to support the ROK economy!

Granted, $45.00 per month is low pay for combat. How you lived on $9.00 per month is beyond me. You must have been eating one bowl of rice per day OR did you dine at the mess hall?

As long as your beloved ROK continues marching with posters that say "F...ing America", I say we pull out tomorrow morning. As an ROK patriot, you could then return to the "good life" to defend your country from the immediate onslaught of soldiers from the north.

As combative as I may seem over this issue, I do appreciate the ROK soldiers for fighting alongside our U.S. troops and for that I do thank you.

[DB]

Perhaps those other "99.9%" should find their voices then.

[Mortimer Snavely]

Looks like riot season started early this time around.

[coloradan]

Well, I guess we should just leave south Korea. If they ask us back after N. Korea heads in though the answer will be NO.

Sounds like the exact opposite of what we should do ... be there when they don't want us and don't be there when they do. What do you suppose would happen if we intervened when we were asked to, and not when we weren't?

[chance33_98]

If they ask us to intervene, what is in it for us? Are we getting paid to help them out? Is our payment stopping the spread of communism? So many questions.... ;)

[Hoplite]

Having just come back from the DMZ, there are american sectors and korean sectors.

Where? I've never heard of more US sectors than the 2nd ID/JSA sector.

'Course, I never looked into the matter - where else are we?