Park Chung Hee went from Park Chung Hee to Takaki Masao to … Okamoto. Why? Takaki Masao wasn’t Japanese enough, and kind of sounded like a Korean name.

So, I’ll call him Lieutenant Okamoto.

I think personally that the only way HanNara will lose in the Presidential election is if Park Geun Hye becomes their candidate.

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Japanese like to say that Korea settled matters with Japan thru Park in the 60’s. There was more than considerable evidence that this was not the will of the South Korean people. Lee Myung Bak will tell you that himself. He was pretty much jailed for protesting it.

Lt. Okamoto is credited for the economic miracle, but the only other example of economic growth under a pure dictatorship is the

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC of China. That deserves a thought, when people say economic growth would have happenned without Lt. Okamoto.

Btw, Park never explicitly stated that Lee’s history of not serving the army should deter him from becoming a president. She was merely pointing out the obvious flaw in Lee’s argument that only those who have first-hand experience in raising kids can come up with a good education policy, a logic that Park obviously does not agree with.

As far as I know, Park never used any personal attacks against Lee, who, on the other hand, makes me hate him every time he opens his mouth.

Sohn is not aggressive enough to be risk taker to take bait from Uri.

Of course, the Democratic Labor Party is more than happy to take all Chul Sae politicians too increase their pie.

Lee Myung Bak did not serve his 3 years in the ROK army.

Yes, the Dae Gu lady is playing dirty.

Then again, you might be interested in knowing that…

Kim Yong Sam and Kim Dae Jung never served a day in the ROK army, either.

I’m pretty sure of the above fact, because I heard if from a former ROK army Vietnam War veteran.

Lt. Okamoto’s daughter should stop slinging dirt and pulling out the goon dae card. It’s the same card that got Noh Moo Hyun in the blue house.

Let’s not rely on that card again.

Lee Myung Bak all the way into the Blue House.

But Koreans who are especially sensitive about their hard years in the goon dae might not find it easy to forget.

The other dirt on Lee is that Lee was born in Japan. So what? Dirty rotten Lt. Okamoto’s ghosts.

He is not too old and will stand a good chance in the next election if he remains patient and prudent. If, on the other hand, blinded by short-term benefits, Sohn decides to befriend center-left politicians and quit the GNP, then he will be labeled a traitor and suffer the damage for a long time.