Journal BlackHat's Journal: ...and find the broom. 6
Getting this out late today.
Commentary:
Why is there so much pressure to keep Korea from being unified? Look at post "Wall" Germany. Thomas Friedman in the NYT said it like this "Japan alone cannot handle China, Japan alone cannot handle a unified Korea, and Japan alone cannot protect its own sealanes--so for all these reasons we[I assume he implies USA+Japan+China] need the U.S. alliance." It is quite true that Japan cannot handle the duties of patroling the sealanes. That was already shown in part 17 of the First World War (aka WWII).
MLPs:
Link : So what is going to be the reaction to BSE cases when it/they starts being reported in the USA.
Link : Fear of loss of control. Fear of truth. Fear of fear.
Link : It still is a dream. All my life it has been a dream.
Link : Gang war or international terror. next item
Link : Sure are a lot of terrorists these days. Amazing how little we see the "rival gang" headline anymore.
Link : I am proud to represent; my artificial border area, as it was defined by the colonial powers seeking to split our traditional allies and friends.
Link : They won't thank you. Nor do I see why they should.
Link : Next 1% errors on all harddrives and recordable media will be legislated as acceptable.
Link : Democrats are only angry they don't get front row at the porkfest.
Link : Of course Sun is sticking with HP and Hitachi. All three are finding it harder to make an impact in the market.
Link : On and on. As I had mentioned before in this Journal #10 is both the start and end to this path of lies.
Link : Now what is the shocking bit is that this is news.
Link : Revenge of United Fruit Co. Check out the talkbacks, "...what shall we do with the money we will get back when subsidies are stopped, or significantly lowered..." What money? You have to SELL it and SHIP it and who is going to do that and at what price. Fools!!
Link : Just then the Cow stood up and said "It was me! The Cow and I'd do it again"
Texttoon:
Ink on board : A line of Telecom sales persons and Exec's all in a blasted out Bagdad street. They are trying to feed armless children and weeping mothers cellphones.
Pressure? From where? (Score:2)
I try to keep up with Korean issues at least somewhat. Lived there for a couple of years when I was young, my younger sister was adopted from there, and it's a beautiful country that will always have a place in my heart even decades later and half the globe away.
I know that there's pressure on the South Korean government to push towards reunification, and that the most recent president of South Korea won on a platform of peacemaking.
I haven'
Re:Pressure? From where? (Score:2)
reunification, and that the most recent president of South Korea won on a platform of
peacemaking.
Wow, how things keep changing. When I was a "kid" in my Advanced Cource, circa 1988, the deal was that the US reduced presance was keeping the South Koreans from forcing reunificatiion by invasion.
Back on the defense . . .
Re:Pressure? From where? (Score:2)
You're right, times keep changing. There's quite a generational divide, by my understanding. Most of those in the older generation that remembers the war like Americans. But the number of those in the younger generation that doesn't share those memories is growing, and they don't hold quite the level of appreciation for our presence. Everyone I remember meeting (I was only about 10) was friendly, but then, it could have been just that blond-haired blue
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No, I said it exactly right for the post-Carter South Koreans of the 1980's.
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And I guess now we're just trying to prevent everyone anyone doing something really stupid. Which isn't easy since one of our own ex-Presidents managed to corner another ex-President-who-was-in-office-at-the-time into something stupid.
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As for the political goals... It can change in too many ways to guess at this stage. The years of non-movement can swit