Followup on Sgt. Mark Walker

Korea won’t stop tormenting Sgt. Mark Walker, whom you will recall was one of two soldiers inexplicably put on trial for that tragic accident that killed two Korean schoolgirls in 2002. The MBC cameras are still following Walker around in his home town:

Mark Walker, the former U.S. Forces in Korea sergeant who drove the vehicle told MBC’s current affairs program “W” broadcast Thursday he lost 25 kg in the three or four weeks after the accident and was still unable to sleep more than four hours a day. Walker, who is now unemployed and living with his mother, was given a medical discharge last October due to chronic back pain. He has been undergoing psychological treatment for some time and is still on medication, he said.

This is the man all of Korea wanted to lynch at the end of 2002; some of those brave “netizens” accused him and Sgt. Nino of killing the two girls deliberately. Now try to put that in perspective.

I don’t get it. Ironically, the reaction to Walker and Nino probably convinced many American congressmen and officials that Korea couldn’t be trusted to give American soldiers fair trials.