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I find it mind boggling what is going on in South Korea lately. Why does South Korea keep repeating its demand that the U.S. consider it an "equal" partner. Is all of South Korea prone to daydreaming? South Korea is barely an international presence. It's biggest claim to fame? Losing in a soccer tournament held on its own soil. (How is this a source of national pride again?) The country itself is still too closed off from the rest of the world and is incapable to dealing with all the major cultures out there without tripping on its own ill-prepared feet. (Bubble Sisters insanity, anyone?) And each image of South Koreans holding up anti-American signs and chanting vulgar anti-American songs in unison (and with such great big smiles on their faces) does nothing to dispel the notion of South Koreans as mindless sheep, forever trapped in a hive-like mentality.
How can we take a country seriously when it wants our boys and girls to die for them (tripwire?), but refuses to give them an iota of respect. I don't care that South Koreans no longer acknowledge the fact that our soldiers died for their freedom nearly 50 years ago. I could care less that South Korean youths think North Koreans are their "misunderstood brothers" and that America is "the real enemy." Then again, that doesn't mean I have to like South Korea and South Koreans for what they're doing now.
"Equal allies?" Hardly. Right now I wouldn't even call South Korea an ally. What exactly has their existence as a nation done for us lately? I mean besides all the spitting, dirty looks, rock and bottle throwing, and creative songs drenched in despicable vulgarity? Oh yeah. Sounds exactly like how you'd treat an "equal friend" to me.
Sam Sisavath
Texas, USA
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