Comments on: Pyongyang’s missile tests and Seoul’s response http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/08/03/pyongyangs-missile-tests-and-seouls-response/ Korea... in Blog Format Mon, 13 Oct 2008 07:46:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gray Hat http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/08/03/pyongyangs-missile-tests-and-seouls-response/#comment-45122 Gray Hat Thu, 03 Aug 2006 01:28:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/08/03/pyongyangs-missile-tests-and-seouls-response/#comment-45122 As I read it, the professor's core position (or the one he wishes his readers to adopt) resembles a religious commitment: no conceivable event, not even the most hypothetical and extreme, could lead him to regard NK as a dangerous enemy. He would take such an event as something akin to a test of faith. > The more difficult the situation, the more inter-Korean > relations have to be maintained. There are indications that the professor is being deceptive: while his rhetoric intones "the South Korean government has to take clear and decisive steps in response...," his concrete recommendations only **rule out** possible responses. So I'm curious: who is he, and what power center does he serve? As I read it, the professor’s core position (or the one he wishes his readers to adopt) resembles a religious commitment: no conceivable event, not even the most hypothetical and extreme, could lead him to regard NK as a dangerous enemy. He would take such an event as something akin to a test of faith.

> The more difficult the situation, the more inter-Korean
> relations have to be maintained.

There are indications that the professor is being deceptive: while his rhetoric intones “the South Korean government has to take clear and decisive steps in response…,” his concrete recommendations only **rule out** possible responses.

So I’m curious: who is he, and what power center does he serve?

]]> By: TheBDF http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/08/03/pyongyangs-missile-tests-and-seouls-response/#comment-45103 TheBDF Wed, 02 Aug 2006 21:41:27 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/08/03/pyongyangs-missile-tests-and-seouls-response/#comment-45103 Booooo for linking to a .pdf that took 2 minutes to open on my workstation. Booo! And boooo to me for not checking before I clicked. Booooo for linking to a .pdf that took 2 minutes to open on my workstation. Booo!

And boooo to me for not checking before I clicked.

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