October 06, 2004

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There's plenty of interesting Korea news at the moment and it can't wait for the next Asia by Blog.

Marmot comprehensively covers reports that China would send up to 400,000 troops to support North Korea in a war, including the US plan that called for almost 700,000 American troops within 90 days in the event of a conflict. I'm tipping that now wouldn't be such a good time then. Interestingly America has agreed to delay its troop withdrawal by 3 years, to give Seoul more time to prepare. Perhaps because the latest reports are that Seoul would fall to North Korea within 15 days without US troops. Ironically at the same time there is a report on a secret South Korean plan for dealing with the collapse of North Korea, including accomodating 200,000 defectors. While I'm writing this I'm watching the end of the US Vice Presidential debate. Asia, home to one third of the Axis of Evil, has not been mentioned.

posted by Simon on 10.06.04 at 11:34 AM in the




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Technically speaking, Asia contains *all* the members of the Axis of Evil. But that's another story.

I think the explanation is pretty simple:

Cheney didn't mention East Asia because there's no oil there.

Edwards didn't mention East Asia because (a) Cheney didn't mention it and (b) there are no Democratic voters there.

Once you realize that American politicians operate through a narrow set of policy blinders, you start to realize why our government misses so much that's going on in the world...

posted by: Joe Jones on 10.06.04 at 12:35 PM [permalink]

I believe the terms of the debate were to limit it to domestic US issues only.

And don't be silly, after dead people, the alien vote is the Dems biggest minority voting demographic.

posted by: kennycan on 10.06.04 at 01:17 PM [permalink]

Add Joe Jones to the long list of American apologists. They fall over themselves to be the first to denigrate their country to some third world mongrel who shits where he/she eats. It's like badmouthing sex to a celibate goat, hoping to get laid. Pathetic.

posted by: germaine greer on 10.07.04 at 10:28 AM [permalink]




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