The green fields of Korea...
The last post regarding war is starting to get heavy on the comment box, so I am going to go against my better judgement and throw out a few tidbits here. Now let me restate this preamble: The is no guarantee that North Korea is actually planning an attack in the future... but if they were, I am not the only one to suggest that they might forego the niceties of waiting for the U.S. to finish up in Iraq (if ever they do). Furthermore, attention must be paid to what is happening in diplomatic circles. Sure the South is convinced that they will be reunifying peacefully at any time now. But does nobody notice what happened with James Kelly's trip to Pyongyang? Did the headline, "N. Korea Says Sees US Policy as 'War Declaration" get overlooked? Apparently it was estimated by the Pentagon in 1994 that war on the Korean peninsula would amount to the loss of 1 million lives and 100,000 American lives. Slim chance or not, that's a big gamble.
Meanwhile, the U.S. soldier who was attacked, abducted, and hauled up in front of a crowd of Korean Anti-US demonstrators, on stage in a stadium, has been charged with assault. Go figure. I admit... after the last couple of months, I take back what I posted about the S.O.F.A. agreement. Two months ago, I would have stood by what I said but after stories like this, and the incidents a little over a week ago in which the U.S. embassy came under attack, I feel it's safer to suggest that the Korean legal system should mature a little bit before S.O.F.A. is dismantled.
In an effort to reduce this ballooning tension, the U.S. army is taking sensitivity training, while the Korean police are "investigating" the incidents. As far as tension reduction goes for me, I am happy to announce that Philip-Morris has opened its first plant in Korea. I expect that in qualifying for domestic production, this will allow for the price of a pack of cigarettes to fall below the current, top-end price of about $2.30 CAD a pack.
P.S. This PC¹æ is the worst I've ever been to. The keyboard is undersized. The coffee machine that dispenses dixie cups of coffee is out of "black" yet still manages "milk" and "prima" for some reason. The washroom is filled with vomit again. Someone left some toilet paper in there which would only leave you dirtier (it's usually B.Y.O.T.P. in Korea though not as often in Seoul). And sitting around me, I count 3 hospital patients in pyjamas who obviously walked a couple blocks in the rain to be here... 86 hours is unbelievable.
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