Korea - Mr. Roh Comes to Washington

Anyone reading this BBC article would get the impression that the tension over North Korea's nukes is Bush's fault. Actually, according to the BBC everything that's wrong in the world is Bush's fault.

There have been tensions in the alliance, with South Korea arguing for a more conciliatory approach.

BBC speak for appeasement.

North Korea repeated this week that it has nuclear weapons and is building more. [...]

US officials say more coercive measures will be needed if North Korea does not return to the negotiating table.

But South Korea, along with China, opposes any talk of sanctions. It has been calling for more flexibility from the United States.

Oh, I get it. Because the US is so inflexible, North Korea builds even more nukes.

The left-leaning government of Roh Moo-hyun is wary of the Bush administration's intentions and worries about hostile rhetoric directed at the North Korean leadership.

Instead of being worried about hostile nukes directed at South Korea.

Public sentiment also remains suspicious of the United States, with many South Koreans blaming the US for provoking the confrontation.

Come again? North Korea, in violation of previous agreements, announces it has nukes and is building even more of them but the US provoked the confrontation?

All this has a lot more to do with China than anything else. China needs North Korea to counter US presence in the region. And China needs South Korea to keep the Dear Leader to the north, propted up.

As for the tensions and cracks in the US/South Korean alliance, they go way back and are deeper than this current crisis. The American Thinker has a must read article to put things into perspective.
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