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August 19, 2004
Yankee Go Home
South Korea's joined Germany in complaining 'when we told you to get the hell out we really didn't mean right now'.
"We want the United States to delay the plan a little bit more, and we plan to make such request at today's talks," a Defense Ministry official told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.
Local media have reported that Seoul wants the plan to be postponed by more than a year.
Yeah yeah, everybody hates us, but they sure seem to like our money and protection don't they? If I didn't know what isolationism caused, I'd say we should just pick up our toys & go home. Worldwide. Screw 'em all and sleep til noon and all that.
But isolationism is a bad thing (see e.g., WWI), and we can't afford to risk letting Muslim militantism spread any more than it already has. Maybe threatening to withdraw our troops will help make the point that we expect a little more assistance in the anti-terrorism battle from certain countries.
Think it'll work?
Posted by Rita at August 19, 2004 09:07 AM
Comments
I hope it works, but you can never be sure.
Posted by: yayaempress at August 19, 2004 10:36 AM
No.
Posted by: Keith at August 19, 2004 11:10 AM
Did you ever play King of the Hill (or one of its offshoots) as a child? Trust and cooperation between humans is an anomaly, not a primal urge.
Posted by: kenneth at August 19, 2004 11:48 AM
""But isolationism is a bad thing (see e.g., WWI), and we can't afford to risk letting Muslim militantism spread any more than it already has.""
At the pace that the capitalistic west is spreading, "Muslims" are really a drop into the sea... One cheer for oil, others for allah, but the bottom line is, imo, the same...
Posted by: romunov at August 19, 2004 03:03 PM
Rather than pull the troops out in seven years, I would prefer seven months, weeks, or maybe evey seven days.
See ya!
Posted by: Jim at August 19, 2004 07:13 PM
Yup... capitalism is spreading... cease all resistance... you will be assimilated...
Posted by: Mike S at August 19, 2004 09:34 PM
"bottom line is, imo, the same"? You're kidding, right? I'm female, and because I live in the evil land of oil I can:
--drive alone, anywhere I want
--marry or not, divorce or not as I choose
--send my husband to jail if he beats me
--vote
--have a career
--if, God forbid, I got raped, my family would be trying to kill the person who did it....as opposed to trying to kill me.
--I will never be deliberately stoned or beheaded by the gov't.
I don't think those are insignificant differences.
Posted by: rita at August 20, 2004 11:05 AM
Rita, there you go being subjective... it's all about you isn't it...
Posted by: Mike S at August 20, 2004 05:40 PM