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First of all: Despite contrary news from yesterday "the US is considering a military solution of the hostage crisis in Afghanistan", according to the German (bourgeois) daily newspaper Die Welt. Only three days ago the German Der Spiegel predicted that if that will be happen "diplomats and political analysts are expecting - with a high probability - a blood bath" (i.e. all the hostages will be messacred)..

It seems that - at least in the opinion of the S.K. bourgeois media - a new wave of anti-Americanism is now spreading across S. Korea, at least in the "progressive" parts of the society (☞ S. Korean civic groups blame U.S. for hostage crisis, Yonhap, 8.03).

 
About ten days ago a S.K. netizen wrote following on Korean Action against Dispatch of Troops to Iraq/파병반대국민행동: 

Afghanistan resisters are holding korean missionaries and claiming withdrawal of korean troops. This terrible incident was made by korean government’s dispatch policy.

Now the situation is pushing President Roh Moohyeon to abyss. His politic crisis prevents him from forcing policy of dispatch not like 2003 year(He killed Kim Seonil by forcing dispatch troops in Iraq, 2003). So there’s a chance to save the victims. We should organize anti-war actions, claim withdrawal, save missionaries.

In this concern, a student questioned that “Isn’t it a fault of the missionaries, who using occupation of US army to mission Afghanistan people?”

He saw this argument in a newspaper. Today morning, korean right-wing newspapers insisted this kind of distortion, a distortion that it’s not about dispatch of Korean troops, but about religion.

We should make anti-war actions against this kind of distortion.

Yeah (even I don't agree with everything) there must be a MASS MOVEMENT!! But when 200 or 300 people are holding a candle light rally near Gwanghwamun.. That's definite NO mass movement - it will change complete NOTHING!!!


BTW 1: For me the Taliban (but also the majority of the Iraqi "resistance") are only representatives of the most reactionary way of oppression!
BTW 2: (Just) anti-Americanism(*) is also reactionary, at least complete stupid..
BTW 3: * but it can be used - uhuu~ I'm sorry! - for (eeh, more about it later^^)..

Well, in my opinion Hankyoreh is right when it said before y'day that "..Karzai’s government in Afghanistan is a creation of the Bush administration. The Afghan government depends on the U.S. administration" - complete on the US and NATO occupation forces.

The S.Korean gov't has definite no power to demand anything from the Afghan "gov't"! But the USA, together with the other NATO states, who are involved of the ongoing war there, have the power to force the Afghan "gov't" solve the hostage crisis - and it includes a possible prisoner swap - peacefully.

But only a S.K. mass movement is able to create a kind of pressure against its own gov't and on that way against the US administration.. (Don't forget that S.K. is the closest ally of the USA in Asia!!)

On the other side - if I understand it well - the ruling class (at least in S.K.) is already seeing the (possible) danger of such an development and react with counter measures, such as a (massive?) media campaign (likely supported by some/THE reactionary Christian forces): ☞ Hostage Families Reject Anti-American Rallies (Chosun Ilbo, 8.03)