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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #50 on: May 30, 2009, 06:28:05 PM »
Quote from: Deicide on May 30, 2009, 12:57:59 PM
S.Korea doesn't want reunification because it knows it would be devastating to its economy but also doesn't like the American military occupation, kind of a lose/lose situation. But since we WILL go broke and won't be able to afford to garrison the place, they will have to deal with it eventually.

No u don't like us there, we enjoy 70% approval from the Korean people. Maybe the students aren't crazy about us but if u own a business, u love Americans...Koreans aren't stupid.
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #51 on: May 30, 2009, 06:30:36 PM »
Quote from: headhuntersix on May 30, 2009, 06:28:05 PM
No u don't like us there, we enjoy 70% approval from the Korean people. Maybe the students aren't crazy about us but if u own a business, u love Americans...Koreans aren't stupid.

SOME businesses yes, but generally speaking it is a love/hate relationship and not a positive one.
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #52 on: May 30, 2009, 06:33:13 PM »
Um....don't u hate these people. Again 70% approval....
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #53 on: May 30, 2009, 06:39:04 PM »
Quote from: headhuntersix on May 30, 2009, 06:33:13 PM
Um....don't u hate these people. Again 70% approval....

Hate, not really, not my favourites but...anyway, I have to go to bed.
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #54 on: May 30, 2009, 06:45:32 PM »
Quote from: headhuntersix on May 30, 2009, 06:33:13 PM
Um....don't u hate these people. Again 70% approval....

It's usually the ignorant youth with zero sense of the peril their country was in during the war that protest and such.
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #55 on: May 31, 2009, 12:12:36 AM »
Quote from: GigantorX on May 30, 2009, 06:45:32 PM
It's usually the ignorant youth with zero sense of the peril their country was in during the war that protest and such.

Most youth is too stupid to realize the real implications of whatever they are protesting for.
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #56 on: May 31, 2009, 05:09:35 AM »
Quote from: headhuntersix on May 30, 2009, 06:28:05 PM
No u don't like us there, we enjoy 70% approval from the Korean people. Maybe the students aren't crazy about us but if u own a business, u love Americans...Koreans aren't stupid.

Where do you get the "70% approval from the Korean People"?

My apologies for asking... but I do remember reading an article a New York Times article talking about how pissed South Koreans (never mind their brothers to the north) were at the US. They did make mention of a Gallup poll talking about 65% of South Koreans wanting the "US out now".

Let me see if I can find it.

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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #57 on: May 31, 2009, 05:20:32 AM »
Here is it.
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #58 on: May 31, 2009, 05:28:58 AM »
Here's an interesting graph:



Disapproval of American troop presence is at 51% (more or less). I presume the sudden increase of support for US troops has to do with Kim's trigger-happy attitude and not our "good-hearted nature".
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #59 on: May 31, 2009, 05:53:08 AM »
Quote from: Slapper on May 31, 2009, 05:28:58 AM
Here's an interesting graph:



Disapproval of American troop presence is at 51% (more or less). I presume the sudden increase of support for US troops has to do with Kim's trigger-happy attitude and not our "good-hearted nature".

If you look at Okinawa it would be even worse.
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #60 on: May 31, 2009, 07:47:16 AM »
Is that hatred of U.S. troop presence or just the general feeling that the new generations ,that have no real connection to the past war, want foreign troops off of their soil?
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #61 on: May 31, 2009, 09:52:54 AM »
Quote from: GigantorX on May 31, 2009, 07:47:16 AM
Is that hatred of U.S. troop presence or just the general feeling that the new generations ,that have no real connection to the past war, want foreign troops off of their soil?

I don't know. I suspect amongst ALL Koreans of all ages the discontent with American military presence is overwhelming. Methinks there is definitely something lost in translation. Koreans seem to acknowledge that, every time Kim detonates a nuke, there is a need for foreign military presence in South Korea to calm him down. At the same time they want those troops out. It's odd. It's like they're telling Kim:"look, if you make any attempt to come into our territory we will let the Americans in to get rid of you."

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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #62 on: May 31, 2009, 10:07:19 AM »
The major English language daily did the poll I refered to...70% approve. It had nothing to do with us leaving. We moved a Squadron of AH64 Apache's out of Korea in March. They went crazy, every time we withdraw forces, they go crazy.They weren't happy with us moving most of our stuff down south. They weren't happy with us sending 2ID forces to Iraq. The South wants us the..big money..less they used to spend on defence..a good deal for them.
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #63 on: May 31, 2009, 10:16:22 AM »
Quote from: headhuntersix on May 31, 2009, 10:07:19 AM
The major English language daily did the poll I refered to...70% approve. It had nothing to do with us leaving. We moved a Squadron of AH64 Apache's out of Korea in March. They went crazy, every time we withdraw forces, they go crazy.They weren't happy with us moving most of our stuff down south. They weren't happy with us sending 2ID forces to Iraq. The South wants us the..big money..less they used to spend on defence..a good deal for them.

So post the web address to the poll.

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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #64 on: May 31, 2009, 01:34:46 PM »
Hey Slapper.....u look it up ok. I read it in the paper when I was there....
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Re: Looks like North Korea are gearing up for war
« Reply #65 on: May 31, 2009, 05:40:42 PM »
It is a love/hate relationship....when we move troops out, it hurts their economy because our troops spend money there.....they don't dare ask us to leave however because then Kim would take over SK in a week without our presence there
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