Comments on: U.S. Officials Concede Failure to Sell Democracy to South Korea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/ Korea... in Blog Format Tue, 2 Dec 2008 02:14:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: a-letheia http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51924 a-letheia Sun, 15 Oct 2006 08:28:21 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51924 "who gives a f**k what some parachuting journalist wrote back then?" News reports on 911 and during Katrina showed what historians have known all along: journalists get it wrong most of the time. Look in the back of any book on the Korean War, WWI or WWII and rarely (if ever) will a newspaper or magazine be cited. Not to say such journalist accounts as this are not interesting, but they say more about the US than Korea in most cases. “who gives a f**k what some parachuting journalist wrote back then?”

News reports on 911 and during Katrina showed what historians have known all along: journalists get it wrong most of the time. Look in the back of any book on the Korean War, WWI or WWII and rarely (if ever) will a newspaper or magazine be cited.

Not to say such journalist accounts as this are not interesting, but they say more about the US than Korea in most cases.

]]> By: rdw1 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51898 rdw1 Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:48:20 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51898 The American defectors to Korea issue is interesting....I think there have been 6 since the 1960s. How is the research going? Jenkins is probably the only viable source of info.....at least outside North Korea. The American defectors to Korea issue is interesting….I think there have been 6 since the 1960s. How is the research going? Jenkins is probably the only viable source of info…..at least outside North Korea.

]]> By: Brendon Carr http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51897 Brendon Carr Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:49:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51897 There's one other possible explanation for the use of English-language sources, and that is a desire to make one's research open to a wider audience -- not only the analysis, but also the sources are available for review. There’s one other possible explanation for the use of English-language sources, and that is a desire to make one’s research open to a wider audience — not only the analysis, but also the sources are available for review.

]]> By: dlatn http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51891 dlatn Sat, 14 Oct 2006 18:09:42 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51891 Am I wrong to to believe Robert Neff's sole quooting of English language sources is reflective of his lack of comprehension of the native language of the subject he is trying to represent? Or is he playing some kind of post-modernist game? Either way, who gives a fuck what some parachuting journalist wrote back then? Am I wrong to to believe Robert Neff’s sole quooting of English language sources is reflective of his lack of comprehension of the native language of the subject he is trying to represent? Or is he playing some kind of post-modernist game?
Either way, who gives a fuck what some parachuting journalist wrote back then?

]]> By: el kayakista http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51874 el kayakista Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:30:35 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51874 "Many South Koreans, or course, accept democracy. This is particularly true of the Koreans, who have been converted to Christianity. The United States will depend on these Christians to undermine communism." this is too funny. it's a good thing that we have those holy rollers to count on to convert people to christians. what better way to convert a country than to start deep down in their religious beliefs. “Many South Koreans, or course, accept democracy. This is particularly true of the Koreans, who have been converted to Christianity. The United States will depend on these Christians to undermine communism.”

this is too funny. it’s a good thing that we have those holy rollers to count on to convert people to christians. what better way to convert a country than to start deep down in their religious beliefs.

]]> By: Bradley http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51861 Bradley Sat, 14 Oct 2006 03:32:11 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51861 Slim. And not enough of the living Commies in South Korea are choosing to live in their spiritual homeland. There's nothing to stop them going north now except the fact that they know they're full of shit. Heck imagine having to do an actual day's work instead of fraternizing and bitching outside the US embassy. Slim.
And not enough of the living Commies in South Korea are choosing to live in their spiritual homeland. There’s nothing to stop them going north now except the fact that they know they’re full of shit. Heck imagine having to do an actual day’s work instead of fraternizing and bitching outside the US embassy.

]]> By: The_William_G http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51858 The_William_G Sat, 14 Oct 2006 02:52:15 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51858 Heh heh Heh heh

]]> By: Mark http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51849 Mark Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:18:24 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51849 Genocide is frowned upon nowadays. Genocide is frowned upon nowadays.

]]> By: slim http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51817 slim Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:45:42 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51817 This week's events remind us that not enough Korean communists were killed off. This week’s events remind us that not enough Korean communists were killed off.

]]> By: sewing http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51815 sewing Fri, 13 Oct 2006 16:29:00 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/10/13/us-officials-concede-failure-to-sell-democracy-to-south-korea/#comment-51815 This is just the kind of story Baduk would love to riff on...he'd go on and on about the "commies," and how he told us so all along. Where is he these days? He doesn't seem to have commented here in a while. This is just the kind of story Baduk would love to riff on…he’d go on and on about the “commies,” and how he told us so all along. Where is he these days? He doesn’t seem to have commented here in a while.

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