Comments on: The Boy Who Cried “Sheep!”: One Man’s Mass Murderer Is Selig Harrison’s Reformer http://freekorea.us/2010/10/19/the-boy-who-cried-sheep-one-mans-mass-murderer-is-selig-harrisons-reformer/ Wed, 23 May 2012 16:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Glans http://freekorea.us/2010/10/19/the-boy-who-cried-sheep-one-mans-mass-murderer-is-selig-harrisons-reformer/comment-page-1/#comment-77079 Glans Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:09:18 +0000 http://www.freekorea.us/2010/10/19/the-boy-who-cried-sheep-one-mans-mass-murderer-is-selig-harrisons-reformer/#comment-77079 The op-ed piece to which Kushibo sends us, through the Marmot's hole, is credited not only to Selig Harrison but also to "John H. Cushman, a retired Army lieutenant general, [who] commanded the United States-South Korean First Corps Group from 1976 to 1978." Please do not tell me that Cushman is a progressive. The op-ed piece to which Kushibo sends us, through the Marmot’s hole, is credited not only to Selig Harrison but also to “John H. Cushman, a retired Army lieutenant general, [who] commanded the United States-South Korean First Corps Group from 1976 to 1978.”

Please do not tell me that Cushman is a progressive.

]]> By: kushibo http://freekorea.us/2010/10/19/the-boy-who-cried-sheep-one-mans-mass-murderer-is-selig-harrisons-reformer/comment-page-1/#comment-77076 kushibo Mon, 13 Dec 2010 10:56:20 +0000 http://www.freekorea.us/2010/10/19/the-boy-who-cried-sheep-one-mans-mass-murderer-is-selig-harrisons-reformer/#comment-77076 Selig Harrison proposes <a href="http://www.monster-island.net/2010/12/selig-harrison-proposes-giving-north.html" rel="nofollow">taking South Korean waters away from the ROK</a> and giving them to North Korea in order to achieve peace in our time. Selig Harrison proposes taking South Korean waters away from the ROK and giving them to North Korea in order to achieve peace in our time.

]]> By: Glans http://freekorea.us/2010/10/19/the-boy-who-cried-sheep-one-mans-mass-murderer-is-selig-harrisons-reformer/comment-page-1/#comment-75352 Glans Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:43:04 +0000 http://www.freekorea.us/2010/10/19/the-boy-who-cried-sheep-one-mans-mass-murderer-is-selig-harrisons-reformer/#comment-75352 Gunshots Fired at Korean Border Associate Press / New York Times "North Korea fired two rounds toward South Korea at their tense border and South Korean troops immediately fired back, an official said Friday." "The firing came hours after the North vowed to retaliate against South Korea for its rejection of a North Korean proposal for military talks." http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/10/29/world/asia/AP-AS-Koreas-Tensions.html?hp Gunshots Fired at Korean Border
Associate Press / New York Times

“North Korea fired two rounds toward South Korea at their tense border and South Korean troops immediately fired back, an official said Friday.”

“The firing came hours after the North vowed to retaliate against South Korea for its rejection of a North Korean proposal for military talks.”

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2010/10/29/world/asia/AP-AS-Koreas-Tensions.html?hp

]]> By: kushibo http://freekorea.us/2010/10/19/the-boy-who-cried-sheep-one-mans-mass-murderer-is-selig-harrisons-reformer/comment-page-1/#comment-75082 kushibo Tue, 19 Oct 2010 19:16:49 +0000 http://www.freekorea.us/2010/10/19/the-boy-who-cried-sheep-one-mans-mass-murderer-is-selig-harrisons-reformer/#comment-75082 I also <a href="http://www.monster-island.net/2010/10/selig-harrison-and-i-are-on-same-page.html" rel="nofollow">wrote about</a> Selig Harrison's fantastical read on what's been going on up north these past few weeks. I actually am optimistic that the things are pointed toward reform, but for <a href="http://www.monster-island.net/2010/09/kcna-on-kim-jong-ils-north-korea-visit.html" rel="nofollow">completely different reasons</a> than he suggests. I always wonder what makes people like Selig Harrison tick. Unlike Bruce Cumings or Christine Ahn, both of whom I actually suspect of being on the take by North Korea (<a href="http://www.monster-island.net/2010/08/christine-ahn-at-tmh-and-ofk.html" rel="nofollow">à la Song Duyul</a>), Mr Harrison just seems the eternal optimist who thinks his good will toward Pyongyang will make them stop being the political monsters he knows deep down inside that they are. Unlike Ms Ahn or Dr Cumings, Mr Harrison tacitly acknowledges as much in what he says: That reform would be a good thing is a very quiet nod to how bad he suspects things are for many people up there. And if we can just make them not fear us anymore, these scared little feral Jucheites will come around. We need to just stop scaring them. I also wrote about Selig Harrison’s fantastical read on what’s been going on up north these past few weeks. I actually am optimistic that the things are pointed toward reform, but for completely different reasons than he suggests.

I always wonder what makes people like Selig Harrison tick. Unlike Bruce Cumings or Christine Ahn, both of whom I actually suspect of being on the take by North Korea (à la Song Duyul), Mr Harrison just seems the eternal optimist who thinks his good will toward Pyongyang will make them stop being the political monsters he knows deep down inside that they are.

Unlike Ms Ahn or Dr Cumings, Mr Harrison tacitly acknowledges as much in what he says: That reform would be a good thing is a very quiet nod to how bad he suspects things are for many people up there. And if we can just make them not fear us anymore, these scared little feral Jucheites will come around. We need to just stop scaring them.

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