http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/25/korea-losing-the-oil-diplomacy-war/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:52:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/02/25/korea-losing-the-oil-diplomacy-war/#comment-29904 snow Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:04:09 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/?p=2478#comment-29904 Interesting stuff. Instead of holding precariously to an ideology of 'independence' for South Korea, the government should just kick out the jams and be working full steam on building bridges and making connections with strategic partners. And at the same time, why ruin relationships with Japan and the US? Independence will mean nothing when you have no oil and no big backers to support you when things get rough, militarily or otherwise. Interesting stuff. Instead of holding precariously to an ideology of ‘independence’ for South Korea, the government should just kick out the jams and be working full steam on building bridges and making connections with strategic partners. And at the same time, why ruin relationships with Japan and the US? Independence will mean nothing when you have no oil and no big backers to support you when things get rough, militarily or otherwise.

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