Comments on: OFK Archive: Anti-Americanism in Korea–The Statistical Record http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tobler Law http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/comment-page-1/#comment-74499 Tobler Law Wed, 15 Sep 2010 15:15:28 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2034#comment-74499 Thanks for the post! Wow, that is very interesting - is there a place where I could see the results for each country for this poll? Thanks for the post! Wow, that is very interesting – is there a place where I could see the results for each country for this poll?

]]> By: usinkorea http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/comment-page-1/#comment-57931 usinkorea Thu, 15 May 2008 03:38:35 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2034#comment-57931 Sometimes the conservatives play the card too. Sometimes, for many, it is just about nationalism. Even Park Chung Hee could play it for the masses. Thinking about it as nationalism also explains the irrationality of much of it too. That is why the same South Koreans would never dream of voting USFK out of the country... Sometimes the conservatives play the card too. Sometimes, for many, it is just about nationalism. Even Park Chung Hee could play it for the masses. Thinking about it as nationalism also explains the irrationality of much of it too. That is why the same South Koreans would never dream of voting USFK out of the country…

]]> By: This is ridiculous http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/comment-page-1/#comment-57930 This is ridiculous Thu, 15 May 2008 01:56:47 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2034#comment-57930 its kinda weird…as a Korean currently living in the US…a lot of Korean teenagers listen to American music,wear Abercrombie&Fitch,learn English,admire ABC(American Born Child-(particularly Chinese and other Asians)people who are born in the US or have lived in the US for a long time) Korean celebrities like Tiffany and Tablo,and at the same time they think America is taking advantage on them and all!What in the world are they thinking?When the American troops withdraw,then obviously N.Korea will invade and attack them!Kim Jong-Il said that the Korean reunification is impossible unless the US troops withdraw from the S.Korea.He is trying to invade South Korea because everybody knows that North Korea’s military is way stronger than South Korea’s.They take this right for granted and act all anti-American?That sounds pretty stupid.The Korean War is NOT over yet,people!!!I guess this is because of all the Communist influences over South Korea now.There are a number of Commies in the media industry and they’re all like,”Oh my gosh,those Americans are trying to take over us!”.What the… Korean people,I don’t care if you call me “white-washed” or “yankee wannabe” or whatever.Just face it.Without the American troops,North Korea WILL invade South Korea and then South Korea would collapse. So STOP acting all anti-American like this.Americans are actually guarding our country.Can we at least show some respect?I’m not saying that we should worship Bush or anything like that,but being anti-American is just really stupid. its kinda weird…as a Korean currently living in the US…a lot of Korean teenagers listen to American music,wear Abercrombie&Fitch,learn English,admire ABC(American Born Child-(particularly Chinese and other Asians)people who are born in the US or have lived in the US for a long time) Korean celebrities like Tiffany and Tablo,and at the same time they think America is taking advantage on them and all!What in the world are they thinking?When the American troops withdraw,then obviously N.Korea will invade and attack them!Kim Jong-Il said that the Korean reunification is impossible unless the US troops withdraw from the S.Korea.He is trying to invade South Korea because everybody knows that North Korea’s military is way stronger than South Korea’s.They take this right for granted and act all anti-American?That sounds pretty stupid.The Korean War is NOT over yet,people!!!I guess this is because of all the Communist influences over South Korea now.There are a number of Commies in the media industry and they’re all like,”Oh my gosh,those Americans are trying to take over us!”.What the…

Korean people,I don’t care if you call me “white-washed” or “yankee wannabe” or whatever.Just face it.Without the American troops,North Korea WILL invade South Korea and then South Korea would collapse. So STOP acting all anti-American like this.Americans are actually guarding our country.Can we at least show some respect?I’m not saying that we should worship Bush or anything like that,but being anti-American is just really stupid.

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Korean Election Update: Lessers Versus Evils http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/comment-page-1/#comment-55519 OneFreeKorea » Korean Election Update: Lessers Versus Evils Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:15:34 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2034#comment-55519 [...] Read the numbers, starting with the mandatory disclaimer:  yes, public opinion in Korea shifts wildly over short periods of time, small sample sizes, loaded questions, etcetera, fine, whatever.  They still show a Korea that’s steadily shifted away from a strategic convergence on North Korea that was the foundation of the U.S.-Korea alliance.  Roh Moo-Hyun didn’t lead the Korean people to those views; he began as a reflection of the peak of sentiments stirred by a newly influential group of 386 radicals and then let loose a flood of noxious emissions from labor unions, schoolteachers, extremist professors, celebrities, media figures large and small, and — yes – North Korean agents, much of it subsidized, nurtured, presented, or protected by his government or his party, while differing views were suppressed.  Time will reveal how persistent this brainwashing has been.  [...] [...] Read the numbers, starting with the mandatory disclaimer:  yes, public opinion in Korea shifts wildly over short periods of time, small sample sizes, loaded questions, etcetera, fine, whatever.  They still show a Korea that’s steadily shifted away from a strategic convergence on North Korea that was the foundation of the U.S.-Korea alliance.  Roh Moo-Hyun didn’t lead the Korean people to those views; he began as a reflection of the peak of sentiments stirred by a newly influential group of 386 radicals and then let loose a flood of noxious emissions from labor unions, schoolteachers, extremist professors, celebrities, media figures large and small, and — yes – North Korean agents, much of it subsidized, nurtured, presented, or protected by his government or his party, while differing views were suppressed.  Time will reveal how persistent this brainwashing has been.  [...]

]]> By: More on Talibans and SK Missionaries, NK nuclear plant, war against Iran?, Solutions, Global Warming and FGM « Spanish Pundit http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/comment-page-1/#comment-53048 More on Talibans and SK Missionaries, NK nuclear plant, war against Iran?, Solutions, Global Warming and FGM « Spanish Pundit Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:08:24 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2034#comment-53048 [...] Are they going to do it? I doubt it. Both South Korea and Saudi Arabia are allies… […]our alliance with South Korea today is one of the world’s most lopsided in terms of the mutual flow of benefits. South Korea has been useless or worse as an ally against the terrorists, extraordinarily unhelpful with North Korea, an irritant in our regional security framework (since Japan is a part of that), and a self-declared neutral in checking China’s regional ambitions. South Korea is actually cutting its own military, leaving American taxpayers to take up the slack. There doesn’t seem to be much South Korean gratitude for this expensive commitment, either, judging by displays like these, or polls that consistently show South Korea to be one of the most anti-American countries in Asia. [...] [...] Are they going to do it? I doubt it. Both South Korea and Saudi Arabia are allies… […]our alliance with South Korea today is one of the world’s most lopsided in terms of the mutual flow of benefits. South Korea has been useless or worse as an ally against the terrorists, extraordinarily unhelpful with North Korea, an irritant in our regional security framework (since Japan is a part of that), and a self-declared neutral in checking China’s regional ambitions. South Korea is actually cutting its own military, leaving American taxpayers to take up the slack. There doesn’t seem to be much South Korean gratitude for this expensive commitment, either, judging by displays like these, or polls that consistently show South Korea to be one of the most anti-American countries in Asia. [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Pew: Anti-Americanism Declined in South Korea (But Read the Fine Print) http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/comment-page-1/#comment-51233 OneFreeKorea » Pew: Anti-Americanism Declined in South Korea (But Read the Fine Print) Mon, 06 Aug 2007 23:57:31 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2034#comment-51233 [...] I have compiled other statistics on anti-Americanism in South Korea here. [...] [...] I have compiled other statistics on anti-Americanism in South Korea here. [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » South Korea: No Worse Friend, No Better Enemy http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/comment-page-1/#comment-50482 OneFreeKorea » South Korea: No Worse Friend, No Better Enemy Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:36:47 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2034#comment-50482 [...] As for a wave of anti-Americanism that some “experts” in Korea are threatening, I’m hoping they’re right.  The diplomatic classes of both nations have done a fairly expert job of papering over the depth of anti-Americanism there, and I’d be perfectly content to see a reaction that outrageously irrational get enough press for a few U.S. presidential candidates to start talking about troop withdrawals (remember this?).  First, such talk would almost immediately shut up some of Korea’s professional demagogues, whose conniving calculations we tend to underestimate.  They know what a precipitous withdrawal could do to their economy.  Second, a major U.S. troop presence in Korea doesn’t serve sufficient U.S. interests to be worth its financial cost, or to be worth tying soldiers down where they’re no longer needed.  Third, our troop presence is doing us more political and diplomatic harm than it does us diplomatic and military good.  Finally, our troop presence puts American hostages within the range of hostile guns and thus limits our options in dealing with North Korea.  [...] [...] As for a wave of anti-Americanism that some “experts” in Korea are threatening, I’m hoping they’re right.  The diplomatic classes of both nations have done a fairly expert job of papering over the depth of anti-Americanism there, and I’d be perfectly content to see a reaction that outrageously irrational get enough press for a few U.S. presidential candidates to start talking about troop withdrawals (remember this?).  First, such talk would almost immediately shut up some of Korea’s professional demagogues, whose conniving calculations we tend to underestimate.  They know what a precipitous withdrawal could do to their economy.  Second, a major U.S. troop presence in Korea doesn’t serve sufficient U.S. interests to be worth its financial cost, or to be worth tying soldiers down where they’re no longer needed.  Third, our troop presence is doing us more political and diplomatic harm than it does us diplomatic and military good.  Finally, our troop presence puts American hostages within the range of hostile guns and thus limits our options in dealing with North Korea.  [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Who Still Wants the Alliance? http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/comment-page-1/#comment-43179 OneFreeKorea » Who Still Wants the Alliance? Mon, 07 May 2007 15:32:59 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2034#comment-43179 [...] During the Bush Administration, the Pentagon reduced USFK from 37,000 troops to 29,000, with most of those reductions coming from the Army. This decline was largely driven by the loss of South Korea’s constituency of support among the American conservatives in just six short years. Conservatives watched the ascendancy of the Korean left, its inexhaustible apetite for appeasing North Korea, its general diplomatic incompetence, and its delusional fulminations of America-hate that reached the highest levels of its government. They watched the Korean right fall silent, barely admitting to its support for America or pointing out the benefits that the alliance brings (it stands for nothing and is paying the political price). Overall, South Koreans are as anti-American as many Muslim populations. American conservatives have come to resent this deeply, and on a more detached level, have come to realize that the two countries no longer share enough common goals, interests, or values to support a military commitment as large, expensive, and risky as USFK. [...] [...] During the Bush Administration, the Pentagon reduced USFK from 37,000 troops to 29,000, with most of those reductions coming from the Army. This decline was largely driven by the loss of South Korea’s constituency of support among the American conservatives in just six short years. Conservatives watched the ascendancy of the Korean left, its inexhaustible apetite for appeasing North Korea, its general diplomatic incompetence, and its delusional fulminations of America-hate that reached the highest levels of its government. They watched the Korean right fall silent, barely admitting to its support for America or pointing out the benefits that the alliance brings (it stands for nothing and is paying the political price). Overall, South Koreans are as anti-American as many Muslim populations. American conservatives have come to resent this deeply, and on a more detached level, have come to realize that the two countries no longer share enough common goals, interests, or values to support a military commitment as large, expensive, and risky as USFK. [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Anju Links for 23 April 2007 http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/comment-page-1/#comment-39528 OneFreeKorea » Anju Links for 23 April 2007 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 02:50:55 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2034#comment-39528 [...] It would probably be a lot like 2002 and 2003: I mean, what kind of a society would break out into mass mobbery in reaction to one isolated tragic event?  Who would turn hatred of a friendly allied nation into fodder for popular movies and songs?  Who would use another nation’s most painful living memory as an occasion to show its hatred?  Who would discriminate against an entire national group, commit multiple acts of random violence (here, here, here, here, here), or peddle hate to the kiddies in school (here, here, here, with extra points for the approving reference to 9-11)?  What nation would seek political advantage from one tragic event by propogating hatred for an entire nation (here, here, and here), much less find it to be a winning electoral strategy?  And where would such hatred find broad societal acceptance?  Surely not in an educated, developed, industrialized society.  No civilized people in our times could subscribe to the inspiration of the world’s most brutal and backward system of government, one that openly espouses racism and is willing to kill as many babies as necessary to prove its commitment to that notion of purity.  [Update 8] [...] [...] It would probably be a lot like 2002 and 2003: I mean, what kind of a society would break out into mass mobbery in reaction to one isolated tragic event?  Who would turn hatred of a friendly allied nation into fodder for popular movies and songs?  Who would use another nation’s most painful living memory as an occasion to show its hatred?  Who would discriminate against an entire national group, commit multiple acts of random violence (here, here, here, here, here), or peddle hate to the kiddies in school (here, here, here, with extra points for the approving reference to 9-11)?  What nation would seek political advantage from one tragic event by propogating hatred for an entire nation (here, here, and here), much less find it to be a winning electoral strategy?  And where would such hatred find broad societal acceptance?  Surely not in an educated, developed, industrialized society.  No civilized people in our times could subscribe to the inspiration of the world’s most brutal and backward system of government, one that openly espouses racism and is willing to kill as many babies as necessary to prove its commitment to that notion of purity.  [Update 8] [...]

]]> By: OneFreeKorea » Virginia Tech Shooter Was Cho Seung-Hui, a U.S. Permanenent Resident From Korea http://freekorea.us/2001/08/16/ofk-archive-anti-americanism-in-koreathe-statistical-record/comment-page-1/#comment-36076 OneFreeKorea » Virginia Tech Shooter Was Cho Seung-Hui, a U.S. Permanenent Resident From Korea Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:16:07 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2034#comment-36076 [...] The statistical record on anti-Americanism in Korea — I’ve archived a lot of interesting poll results at that post. [...] [...] The statistical record on anti-Americanism in Korea — I’ve archived a lot of interesting poll results at that post. [...]

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