Comments on: Only the Koreans can end their conflict

By: starapple77

starapple77 — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 03:15:10 +0000

if you plant anger, then you will reap anger. Only those with kind heart can harvest the peace. i wish, if only i can hope..that the conflict between them will settle so the young generations of both Sk and Nk will live in peace, and of course the future leaders of both country will lead intelligently with a just heart of leadership.
we can only help by praying…

By: mwsoo

mwsoo — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 01:42:11 +0000

It is America’s fault for keeping North Korean dictators on their throne. Has anyone ever thought of that? I read so many comments blaming China but I find these comments shallow. None of those commentators gave a thought to what happened during the Korean War, how China became involved and how because of China’s involvment, there is a stalemate and the resulting 2 Koreas. It is because American troops came too close to Chinese border. You Americans threw out the Spaniards from the New World and stopped anymore empire builders from the Old World coming over. Now you do not understand why the Chinese is wary of you and supports a belligerent North Korean regime, however unfortunate. You have China surrounded with troops in Japan, S Korea, Taiwan. How do you think China feels with its only friend in N Asia.
Whilest China and the US should have hands off and let the Koreas solve their own problems and hopefully reunite, S Korea needs a powerful friend due to the recent spate of events. You cannot, however, leave out China if you want N korea ostracised and punished. You need to engage China and communicate to China you are not a threat. You can only hope China does not feel threatened and eventually dump N Korea.

By: hsr0601

hsr0601 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 22:00:08 +0000

Pretty sure North Korea = China in the different names of one country, or a military branch & a lapdog.

By: mheld45

mheld45 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 01:01:54 +0000

@tinga: You represent the epitomy of ignorance. NK maintains a large number of prison camps where entire families are sent for saying even remotely disparaging things about the regime. NK uses hunger as a weapon against its own people, keeping them on the brink of starvation intentionally to keep them in line. This is well documented. How dare you blame the US for the plight of the North Korean people? You’ll seek any ridiculous excuse to make the US appear evil while true evil is staring you in the face

By: mheld45

mheld45 — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:55:30 +0000

Some authors will bend over backwards to place blame on the US. Witness Easterbrook’s assertion that the “US didn’t keep its word.” Now I know you’re not THAT ignorant. NK vowed to Pres. Clinton to stop enriching uranium (the 1994 agreement). But then they proceeded to build a plutonium bomb. Just how does that constitute the US breaking its word? You should be ashamed of yourself, Mr. Easterbrook.

By: bobbydigits

bobbydigits — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 19:52:41 +0000

Nice try, Gregg, but “Only the Koreans can end their conflict” is just not the way the world works today. As you very well know, the U.S. has a defense pact with South Korea which we certainly will honor. The U.S. Army’s 2nd Division is stationed just below the DMZ, and I can assure they are not going to back up one inch. So, nothing can be more clear than that somebody on the north side of that line had better take a real hard look in the mirror before it gets all broken up, an event that can be avoided by prudent foresight.

By: belizecares

belizecares — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 10:54:10 +0000

First off. NK has the most powerful big guns in the world. their artillery can rain down on SK 500,000 shells an hour and hit south of soul. including chemical weapons. Most if not all of their air force is underground with multiple exits. They have an estimated 100 nuke warheads. And if this isn’t enough they will kill off half their population and call for a cease fire and when they do china will insist on it and NK will have come out ahead of the game. Less mouths to feed, killing hundreds of thousands SK an US men and women and still have the ability to function and build it’s war machine again. It’s a win win for them. I don’t want to live like this. I would rather die then live in fear. It’s time to knock them down a few notches. They are forcing us to fight whether we want to or not. Be prepared and let’s try to wipe out the gov and maybe giving the rest of NK to find freedom.

By: bkhjon

bkhjon — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 05:25:52 +0000

A promise is a promise is a promise. US should have delivered its promise of sending fuel to NK. Perhaps none of the current conflict would have happened.

By: bkhjon

bkhjon — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:54:01 +0000

US and China should not be involved in Korean domestic matters ,South and North. It’s their civil war and let them iron out the differences.

By: JoeBoston

JoeBoston — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 03:22:50 +0000

First appropriate article title for this conflct I’ve seen. Mostly there is a lot of US warmongering and ignorant statements from the likes of Admiral Mullen who wonders why China is not doing more to control North Korea. No wonder we are getting in deeper all over the wolrd with great thinkers like him in charge. Admiral, the Chinese will never be the bully boy for the US in Asia. To think otherwise is a dangerous fantasy.

Only the Koreas can resolve their problems and the US should butt out as we are only providing cover for the South to gin up the conflict.