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It seemed quiet lately so it deserves to be discussed. I think the sunshine policy is ridiculous hippie caca.
There are lingering issues pertinent to the divide between the Republic of Korea and the United States over the North Korean issue. The United States is continuing its' clampdown on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a policy that has been dated since ROK President Kim Dae-jung announced the Sunshine Policy, which emphasizes cultivating as positive relationships as possible with the Communist North.
The sunshine policy seems more of an attempt of everyone cheering up the Grinch and convincing him that there is another way than actual politics. As opposed to direct pressure on a corrupt regime Pres. Kim Dae-jung searched his pockets for a policy meant to break 50 years of stand-off, but in reality it is a grasping at straws to defeat the North Koreans. Catch-phrases about defeating your enemy with love are good for Christmas stories, but as the US pursues a serious policy of defeating a dangerous, Communist state it would certainly be a relief if the south Koreans put down their hippie politics.
Peace is the end goal, and fostering positive relations is a necessity for the future of the Korean penninsula, but appeasing and cooperating with a regime of scum is not a proper policy for anyone -- regardless of how idealistic.
We have gone too far in our hippie ideals when a nation that has counterfeited money and manufactured drugs to fund its' deadly regime and nuclear program is appeased. Do you remember the Sudetenland?