S. Korea Holds Off on Troops for Iraq

[NNN0LHI]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20031001/ap_on_re_as/skorea_iraq&cid=516&ncid=1480

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea must be confident that tensions over North Korea's nuclear ambitions will be resolved peacefully before Seoul considers sending troops to Iraq, South Korea's president said Wednesday.

Washington has asked South Korea, a major Asian ally, to dispatch thousands of combat troops to help American forces secure stability in postwar Iraq.

Talks to end the standoff over North Korea's suspected development of nuclear weapons are stalling over strident differences between Washington and Pyongyang, and South Korea wants the United States to make a firm commitment to a peaceful solution.

"Prior to making any decision on the troop dispatch, it is extremely important to arrive at a positive outlook for and conviction in peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula," South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said in a speech marking Armed Forces Day.

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[Cha]

1. Maybe if the US had talked to NK and tried diplomacy they

wouldn't be having this problem now..

[NNN0LHI]

4. And not called N.Norea one of the axis of evils either n/t

[HEyHEY]

2. They best keep them troops in the homeland

There's a new war coming soon near you!

[bpilgrim]

3. now even the South Koreans tell * to basically sign a non-aggression pact

traitorGate might inspire more to REBEL against the PNAC RADICALS :bounce:

peace

[madashellwontgo]

5. the puppet is not

caving in. ROK would rather have 1 million guns pointed at them than go down with the sinking USS Washington. They smell really bad sh*t-Iraqgate, economy, and now the spy scandal. If Bushco escapes with the latter, I'm voting Republican!!!

[chenGOD]

6. I too was heartened by this, but I also read this article (inside)

Seoul may dispatch troops (Korea Herald)

So I dunno which to believe, but I'll hope for the former.

The Herald is not a conservative newspaper, nor is it a bastion of liberal bias. It's really a bit of a confusing paper more than anything else...thanks goodness for the internet...



(PS: Please see my thread in the GD forum about US seeing bias in SK textbooks, it's good for a laugh).