3.26.2005
Globalist: Gratitude Toward U.S. Turns Into Resentment (IHT.com)
By Roger Cohen
International Herald Tribune
Saturday, March 26, 2005
SEOUL America's children have come of age and, as befits this rite of passage, they bridle at their parent.
South Korea is one such country, birthed under American protection, saved from North Korea's invasion in 1950 by United States forces, guarded through the cold war as its per-capita output went from $100 in 1965 to over $15,000 today, and still made safe by the presence of 32,500 American soldiers.
But what young and not-so-young Koreans feel today is less gratitude than resentment or unease at America's global muscle. Many are more moved by the democratic struggle of the 1970s and 1980s against American-backed military rule than by the American-driven retaking of Seoul from North Korean communists in 1950.
Globalist: Gratitude toward U.S. turns into resentment ¶ 10:36
International Herald Tribune
Saturday, March 26, 2005
SEOUL America's children have come of age and, as befits this rite of passage, they bridle at their parent.
South Korea is one such country, birthed under American protection, saved from North Korea's invasion in 1950 by United States forces, guarded through the cold war as its per-capita output went from $100 in 1965 to over $15,000 today, and still made safe by the presence of 32,500 American soldiers.
But what young and not-so-young Koreans feel today is less gratitude than resentment or unease at America's global muscle. Many are more moved by the democratic struggle of the 1970s and 1980s against American-backed military rule than by the American-driven retaking of Seoul from North Korean communists in 1950.
Globalist: Gratitude toward U.S. turns into resentment ¶ 10:36
