Thursday, April 03, 2003
TWO SOUTH KOREAN ACTIVISTS TO RENOUNCE THEIR CITIZENSHIP IF SEOUL SENDS TROOPS TO IRAQ
One wonders whether such promises are sincere or whether they are of the "If Bush wins the election I will move to Europe" mold of rhetoric (as far as I know Alec Baldwin still hasn't moved to the Island of Sodor). There is no mention of what country they expect to move to (ro who will take them): Iraq? North Korea? France?
During a news conference held upon their arrival in Incheon International Airport from Jordan, Bae Sang-hyun, 28, and Maria Lim Young-shin, 34, lashed out at the government over its plan to send hundreds of military engineers and medics to Iraq.
"There is no difference between Korea, which wants to dispatch troops for its national interest, and the United States and Britain, which are killing innocent people in other country just to meet their own interests," Lim said.
Bae, who stayed in Baghdad from March 14-30 while acting as a member of an international coalition to form a "human shield," echoed Lim's protest.
"If (Korea) really does send troops there, I will give up my Korean nationality," he said.
One wonders whether such promises are sincere or whether they are of the "If Bush wins the election I will move to Europe" mold of rhetoric (as far as I know Alec Baldwin still hasn't moved to the Island of Sodor). There is no mention of what country they expect to move to (ro who will take them): Iraq? North Korea? France?
