Comments on: Korea to Increase Medical Personnel in Afghanistan

By: Smoothbore

Smoothbore — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:47:01 +0000

Maybe TOM will volunteer to serve there and represent his country the ROK.

By: JAFO

JAFO — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:28:31 +0000

Q: How did the Korean missionary win the Afghan Marathon?

A: He was just ahead.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:05:25 +0000

As long as they don't send any more Christian tourists.

By: brent

brent — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:22:21 +0000

As a non-American, I really get bothered how the rest of the world always blames the U.S. What countries are actually "good citizens"? Most countries are mired in poverty, corruption or tyranny. European countries continue to benefit from the stability and protection that America provides. It always feels like the "we'll take your money but you're not really welcome here" attitude that so many countries take. America should focus more on its real allies and leave some of the others to their own devices.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:14:20 +0000

The item with France and German should stand out a good bit.

Both were the biggest obstructionists to Iraq War II – France in particular going out of its way to rally support against the US. France too is the most listened to voice of power against US policy and position in the world – and has been for some time.

And an Obama presidency hasn't so far changed that.

To me, this is significant as well in light of Bosnia-Kosovo: The US stepped up there and got involved in a major way after years of reluctance, because it was a mainly European-centered crisis. It was their concern they wanted the US to take the lead in – and we eventually did.

But, that did not stop them from openly working against Iraq War II.

And now with a supposedly sympathetic White House, they still will not stick their neck out to far to help the US in Afghanistan — and they have been vocal about the protectionism in the Stimulus Bill.

I don't really mind what France and Germany are doing now. I think they should help out in Afghanistan after the US stepped up in Bosnia-Kosovo, but they are going to act in what they see as their national interests.

I just wish the intellectuals and pseudo-intellectuals in the US – especially in the press – would understand that fact and stop with the rhetoric about "liking" or not liking us. For 8 years we had to listen to the simplistic bs about how Bush had created "enemies" around the world and for the last two years about how Obama would reverse all of that.

Internationally – good and ill will is based on national interests. Not personality.