Comments on: PSI, CSI and Kim Won-ung http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 01:55:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Richardson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51895 Richardson Sat, 14 Oct 2006 20:42:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51895 A call for evidence is not adequately answered with a suggestion to go to Google. I'm also waiting for you to put some credible links where your mouth is. A call for evidence is not adequately answered with a suggestion to go to Google. I’m also waiting for you to put some credible links where your mouth is.

]]> By: dlatn http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51894 dlatn Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:41:36 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51894 slim, why limit yourself to reading books about Korea that were written by former US service personel in the Korean war and Newsweek journalists when you can can the deep inside story from our Ambassadors that were working at the coalface? Take a tip from the internet generation, my friend put me on to a web site called google.com its pretty tricky stuff, but from the web page, you can input search data and find things information all over the internet. even things my mom doesn't know! I don't really understand the mathematics behind it, but you can find information that you were not aware of prior to. As far as interfering in ROK affairs, that would be a matter of opinion, but Vershbow is not exercising the skills that our diplomats normally excercise in other countries, or are normally exercied by diplomats of other countries. I was merely suggesting that this appears to be normal practice for US diplomats in South Korea (no policy, just attitude), and perhaps a result of our placement of troops here, if you compare it with our relationships with other host countries around the world. slim, why limit yourself to reading books about Korea that were written by former US service personel in the Korean war and Newsweek journalists when you can can the deep inside story from our Ambassadors that were working at the coalface?
Take a tip from the internet generation, my friend put me on to a web site called google.com its pretty tricky stuff, but from the web page, you can input search data and find things information all over the internet. even things my mom doesn’t know! I don’t really understand the mathematics behind it, but you can find information that you were not aware of prior to.
As far as interfering in ROK affairs, that would be a matter of opinion, but Vershbow is not exercising the skills that our diplomats normally excercise in other countries, or are normally exercied by diplomats of other countries. I was merely suggesting that this appears to be normal practice for US diplomats in South Korea (no policy, just attitude), and perhaps a result of our placement of troops here, if you compare it with our relationships with other host countries around the world.

]]> By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51671 slim Thu, 12 Oct 2006 23:11:48 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51671 In fact there is no evidence that any of the US ambassdors in the past two decades, going back to Jim Lilley, got book contracts, based on what they've published, unless you count Laney's contributions to Council on Foreign Relations Task Force publications. The absurd "occupation" charge has been demolished many times elsewhere and I'd say you need to provide evidence to back up your assertion that Versbow was interfering in ROK affairs. In fact there is no evidence that any of the US ambassdors in the past two decades, going back to Jim Lilley, got book contracts, based on what they’ve published, unless you count Laney’s contributions to Council on Foreign Relations Task Force publications. The absurd “occupation” charge has been demolished many times elsewhere and I’d say you need to provide evidence to back up your assertion that Versbow was interfering in ROK affairs.

]]> By: Remort http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51668 Remort Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:05:46 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51668 Why doesn't President Roh and the Uri Party just call themselves what they really are -- communists? --Remort Why doesn’t President Roh and the Uri Party just call themselves what they really are — communists?

–Remort

]]> By: dlatn http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51642 dlatn Thu, 12 Oct 2006 17:04:55 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51642 while it may depend on your definition of diplomacy, our ambassadors here have fine tradition of interfering in South Korea's domestic affairs, its all part of the occupation, for want of a better word. If Vershbow can last a few more years, he'll be able to snare his book deal on peninsula affairs like all those that came before him. having met him, and a few of his predecessors in non-formal settings over the years, i can't think but that the state department chooses a slect type to post here. fortunately, US diplomats in most other nations behave as true guests and fine representatives of the US. while it may depend on your definition of diplomacy, our ambassadors here have fine tradition of interfering in South Korea’s domestic affairs, its all part of the occupation, for want of a better word. If Vershbow can last a few more years, he’ll be able to snare his book deal on peninsula affairs like all those that came before him. having met him, and a few of his predecessors in non-formal settings over the years, i can’t think but that the state department chooses a slect type to post here. fortunately, US diplomats in most other nations behave as true guests and fine representatives of the US.

]]> By: captbbq http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51615 captbbq Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:43:44 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51615 Well, let's to be fair, there's no naval blockage for them to object to. We can't blame that on the Chinese and ROK when we don't even have the balls to go that far in our sanctions proposal. I, like you, would love to see a full scale blockage. Our country's proposed sanctions were crap on a stick. Well, let’s to be fair, there’s no naval blockage for them to object to. We can’t blame that on the Chinese and ROK when we don’t even have the balls to go that far in our sanctions proposal. I, like you, would love to see a full scale blockage. Our country’s proposed sanctions were crap on a stick.

]]> By: GI Korea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51603 GI Korea Thu, 12 Oct 2006 07:35:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51603 As much as I would like to see a naval blockade it won't happen due to South Korean and Chinese objections which will mean that NK gets hit with watered down sanctions. Kim Jong-il counted on being condemned by the international community after a test and figured even the Chinese would bad mouth him but when it came time for punishment the Chinese and the South Koreans would stop the US from doing anything that would bring down his regime like a naval blockade. I don't see the US implementing a naval blockade without a UN Security Council resolution which means Kim may have less cognac in his cellar this winter due to sanctions but he will still be in power and will continue to perfect his nuclear weapons just as I'm sure he counted on before he did this test. As much as I would like to see a naval blockade it won’t happen due to South Korean and Chinese objections which will mean that NK gets hit with watered down sanctions. Kim Jong-il counted on being condemned by the international community after a test and figured even the Chinese would bad mouth him but when it came time for punishment the Chinese and the South Koreans would stop the US from doing anything that would bring down his regime like a naval blockade. I don’t see the US implementing a naval blockade without a UN Security Council resolution which means Kim may have less cognac in his cellar this winter due to sanctions but he will still be in power and will continue to perfect his nuclear weapons just as I’m sure he counted on before he did this test.

]]> By: Andy Jackson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51598 Andy Jackson Thu, 12 Oct 2006 06:30:28 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/12/psi-csi-and-kim-won-ung/#comment-51598 I'll say it again. A GNP-run government would do business differently with the Norks. I’ll say it again. A GNP-run government would do business differently with the Norks.

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