Posted on 04/17/2005 11:15:33 PM PDT by Paul_Denton
Monday 18th April, 2005
Roh: no rift in U.S. - S. Korean alliance --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Big News Network.com Monday 18th April, 2005 (UPI)
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has dismissed reports of a possible break in the decades-old alliance between South Korea and the United States.
There is no problem in relations between South Korea and the United States, although the bilateral relations have been changing a little recently compared with the past, Roh said in a meeting with a group of South Korean in Istanbul, Turkey.
Roh's remarks followed reports that relations between the two countries were strained when South Korea's presidential National Security Council announced opposition to a contingency plan that would allow the U.S. military to take command of South Korean troops if an emergency situation develops in North Korea, the Korea Times reported.
The (South Korea-United States) alliance has been reshaped recently and, in the process, South Korea's voice has been heard more loudly, Roh said.
The important thing in South Korea-U.S relations is coordinating the different views of order in Asia by South Koreans and Americans, he said.
We continue to talk to Americans to that end and are making efforts to reach a consensus despite the fact we have conditions which should be different, he said.
Darn! Beat me to it! It only took two posts!
Do not believe any word from his mouth, especially any nice words to U.S.. Most of the time, he does not mean it.
That does not mean that he has any deeply held ideological conviction. He is a low-life opportunist searching for his limelight with whatever means possible. Leftism just suits him for his political career. On the other hand, he is surrounded by many hardcore one-time Juche ideologues, who haven't really changed much.
Roh-- keep telling yourself this.
Until the day you finally get informed that the dearest sun god or whatever he calls himself today is in charge of your country.
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