Bush greeted by demonstrations in South Korea

Wednesday 06th August, 04:03 AM JST

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TPOJ at 12:05 PM JST - 6th August

Concerning democracy, it is not the President's job to keep the US a free democracy, but the citizens/voters.

So that whole "presidential oath" thing is just for s**ts and giggles, huh?
TheGoodGuyUSA at 12:09 PM JST - 6th August

The majority of South Koreans adore and love Bush as if he were one of their own. The folks demonstarting aginst him are a small minority of bad guys.

Spread your word of peace and freedom Bush.
TonyUS at 01:37 PM JST - 6th August

Witha 32% approval rating at home he is lucky there are not protests 24 hours a day here at home. But it does show there is a small group here in the US that are the bad guys which is the 32%. hahaha
ChimpsAhead at 01:39 PM JST - 6th August

TonyUS; So you admit you are not a god guy because you do not support our great leader?

Koreans love the guy, a minority of activists protested , big deal!!!
zurcronium at 03:32 PM JST - 6th August

President Lee's approval ratings are at 20%, Bush is at 30%. They share thier total lack of support by their people. Both are losers.

Only christian wingers and the ancient McCain crowd support Lee or Bush in Korea. Same for bush in the USA.
Statistician at 03:50 PM JST - 6th August

Nice to see the American President getting a warm welcome in foreign lands.
dennis0bauer at 03:51 PM JST - 6th August

USApatriot Bush is not there to spread "peace & love" but American Beef
yabits at 04:28 PM JST - 6th August

So long as many Americans want to treat Koreans as beneath them, Koreans are right to protest. The fortunate thing is that a majority of ordinary Americans can find much to admire about the Korean people.

I am glad that Koreans have the freedom to protest, and that they use their voices to improve the relationship between their country and the US. It is certainly no surprise that many would protest George W. Bush.
FOXNews2008 at 04:31 PM JST - 6th August

Bush is man enough to shrug off these demonstrators.

The majority of Koreans love the guy, these are just a few liber nutjobs that don`t know any better.
kinniku at 04:33 PM JST - 6th August

yabits,

From what I heard, there are many more in Korea who support the US. There were even pro-US demonstrations in Korea. I assume you support those as well.

I think the problem in Korea is the local media stirring up the pot for the lack of any other good news stories.
SezWho2 at 05:18 PM JST - 6th August

javnation,

And I wish that people would read what is written and not read into it what they want. Who said anything about what the majority of Koreans want in regard to beef or in regard to anything else?

Do you know what the majority of Koreans want? How shall we decide that? by the reported numbers of Korean Christians that show up in support of Bush as opposed to the reported number of non-denominational Koreans that show up to protest Lee's policies? How would that be a fair or meaningful test? I suggest that is a statistic that means absolutely nothing.

What is absolutely balmy of you is to suggest that I suggested that the 20,000 protestors represented all Koreans. You are reading far too much into my post. Of course the 20,000 do not represent the views of the other 99.96%. Neither do the views of the 30,000 represent the views of the other 99.94%.

You are right that it is the citizens and voters who ultimately keep a democracy free. But you are wrong that it is not also the President's job. It is his job as a citizen, as a voter, as as chief executor of laws of the free democracy.

And, yes, US beef is tasty and it is reasonable to find a more balanced trade solution. However, it does not follow that the way in which the South Korean market was reopened was democratic.
yabits at 10:48 PM JST - 6th August

From what I heard, there are many more in Korea who support the US. There were even pro-US demonstrations in Korea.

Koreans, or any national group for that matter, can support some aspects of a country while opposing others. What I criticize is the leap of faith made by some people that a temporary feeling of support (or criticism) given by others is an indication of one's righteousness (or otherwise). In other words, that because some Koreans show a pro-US feeling, it means that the US is a good nation.

Like every other thing in this world, the US is a mixed bag of good and evil -- and, more recently, with its penchant for starting wars of choice and conducting torture, there is an increase of evil over good.
TonyUS at 01:11 PM JST - 7th August

hahah SezWho although we do not agree on all issues, but who does, I can relate with your response to javnation.

I do know when I traveled through Seoul a few years back I never felt so unwanted there or unwelcome in a place.
undecidedbout08 at 01:23 PM JST - 7th August

So long as many Americans want to treat Koreans as beneath them, Koreans are right to protest.

Been on a US college campus lately? Have any idea how many Koreans want to study in the US? Have any idea how many we accept?
TonyUS at 12:23 PM JST - 17th August

I do not see us putting down Koreans.. I do think it is many Koreans that have some sort of problem with Americans. It is too bad. I find many Koreans have an issue with pride or something, or maybe they think they feel themselves below Americans??? Wish something would change what is going on. I do not see protests here in the US about Korea.