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South Korea’s military has dropped leaflets on North Korea that tell of pro-democracy revolts in the Middle East with the intention of provoking a movement against Kim Jong Il’s regime, a South Korean lawmaker said.
The leaflets detail popular uprisings that toppled Egypt’s government and sparked a bloody crackdown in Libya, explaining that “a dictatorial regime is destined to collapse,” Song Yong Sun, a member of the National Assembly’s defense committee, said in an e-mailed statement today. The leaflets travel in balloons that distribute their cargo when they burst, according to her office.
The South is not the aggressor here, the North is.
Originally posted by Xcathdra
I would normally agree with some of the issues in this thread, but we need to be clear on what we are talking about.
The US is not a Democracy, its a Representative Republic, and beleive it or not their is a big difference between the 2.
As for S. Korea and the leaflets, can someone explain to me why its perfectly acceptable for North Korea to sink a warship, infiltrate special forces into the DMZ and hack an american officer to pieces, use mini subs to infilitrate N. Korean special forces into the South, continue trying to build tunnels under the DMZ to bypass for invasion, etcetcetc.
Why are we always so concerned over what S. Korea does, while at the same time ignore or worse, just accpet, the agression by the North?
Where do you draw the line? S. Korea has every right to run their own affairs, even if its contrary to what the US thinks. In this case, the resolve of the S. Koreans is pretty strong when it comes to dealing with the North. They are tired of the BS from the North, and from their reaction to the most recent shelling are fully prepared to accept a war to end the standoff once and for all.
The North can easily de-escalate the tension by giving up their nuclear weapons program and talk about the other issues. Instead they demand concessions, get their way, then go back to their old behavior. Its wash, rinse repeat, and has always worked in their favor.
The South is not the agressor here, the North is.
Originally posted by freedomSlave
I know I am sick of the USA pushing their way around here stealing our resources.
Originally posted by freedomSlave
reply to post by Xcathdra
I find it rather sad that you think you live in the America that was founded look around you how do you not see you civil rights being slowly taken away as we ( Canada and the USA ) are turning into a police state. You have a funny view of what freedom and democracy is. What a shame