Comments on: Onward Christian soldiers…

By: judge judy

judge judy — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 16:04:40 +0000

if only jeong myeong seok had been in the group…

By: snow

snow — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:19:18 +0000

Although I’m a Christian, I have no problem admitting that some Christians are just extremely stupid and embarrassing.

By: Readalot

Readalot — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 00:45:19 +0000

Beating or no beating, the idea of these morons deliberately putting themselves in harms way is appalling. If one or more are taken hostage what happens then? How many others will have to risk their lives to try and get them back? Or are these people happy to become headless martyrs?

By: Zonath

Zonath — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 18:33:37 +0000

Apparently, the SK Foreign Ministry is calling bullshit on this one, saying that there were embassy officials at the airport, and no beatings were witnessed. Of course, the Foriegn Ministry just might be trying to downplay the event, but I think it more likely that the christian group is playing for publicity for what would otherwise be a non-event. Of course, if they’re there to preach, they basically deserve whatever they get.

By: baduk

baduk — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 17:21:16 +0000

Korean Christians will flex their muscles. They will not be passive players any more. Roughly one third of Koreans are Christians - Catholics and Protestant.

Actually, Korean Christians had a plan to march in Jerusalem this summer but it got cancelled due to Lebanon excursion by Israel.

Maybe next year..

By: vonjackass

vonjackass — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:46:00 +0000

It’s all an exaggeration…what happened was a customs officer got an ink smudge on an ajuma’s Burberry plaid “Go to Abroad Jump-suit.” As you might imagine, all hell broke loose.

By: dda

dda — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:38:34 +0000

The irony is that France has a large[ish] force there – I don’t think they woulda sent men if it was a US-led initiative…

By: Hojuin

Hojuin — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:24:39 +0000

Wedge: By prevailing opinion of the US military I was referring to what seems to be (to me a no-longer-resident of Korea) a sense of antagonism and general unease among Koreans toward the US military (particularly I would guess among communities with strong enough views to go on a Christian peace march in Afghanistan).

Fair and salient points about the US and NATO forces in the country though I think (but will most definitely stand corrected if necessary) oversight of all foreign forces in Afghanistan now rests under NATO auspices (though obviously operational command in different regions will be pragmatically separate).

peace. (make of this ending what you will I like the vibe it puts out so I use it)

By: Iceberg

Iceberg — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 07:11:27 +0000

Looks like they’ve given new meaning to the phrase “pass the peace pipe”.

By: R. Elgin

R. Elgin — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:46:29 +0000

I wonder if anyone got a home run . . .