Reply #9: South Korea is doing needless things [View All]

Going to the UN and requesting it punish the DPRK for allegedly sinking a ship? That's fine. It should continue and this would be a rational course of action.

Suddenly blasting propaganda broadcasts from the South Korean Army into the North and having the South Korean equivalent of Tea Partiers violating the DMZ? Not good.

(See: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/southkorea/7732937/South-Korea-launches-propaganda-balloons-against-Kim-Jong-il.html specifically the so-called "activists" who are in fact pro-government conservatives: "South Korean activists have launched a 'propaganda balloon' campaign against North Korea, sending in taunting slogans against the regime of Kim Jong-il... The 40ft-tall helium balloons... are being floated across the demilitarised zone (DMZ) that separates North and South..."

Redesignating the North as the "archenemy" of the South? Not good.

(See: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/26/world/asia/26korea.html?partner=rss&emc=rss)

And guess what? In South Korea, local elections are coming up in which, at least up until this point, the ruling party was expected to endure losses.

But this seems like a good way to get those polls up. "The North sunk a ship? The North told us not to have propaganda blasting from the DMZ? CLEARLY THIS MEANS THEY WANT WAAAAAAR! Vote for our party, 'cause we're the party of national defense and such."