Did anyone happen to catch the American General who shed a tear on 60 Minutes last night when asked about his feelings about seeing South Koreans buring the American flag? Although there have been some small pro-American demonstrations, one can't help but be struck by the obvious overwhelming anti-American sentiment there.


At the horrible risk of being naive about current American interests in South Korea one's natural reaction might be to simply say, "Hey, what the hell are we doing there? They don't want us? Let's get out!" So what if North Korea invades the south? They're hardly like to cause a domino effect of Communist regimes taking over world-wide?


But there's a little problem isn't there? The thing making it a little bit more difficult, leaving aside current geo-political considerations, is the fact that 34,000 Americans gave their lives defending freedom in South Korea. 34,000 Americans died, and America spends approximately $3 Billion per year defending the DMZ so the current crop of internet addicted South Korean spoiled brats can spit in our faces.


Any American President wanting to pull our troops out of Korea is going to have to explain to all the friends and families of all those dead, why we would just pull out and give up for nothing what America bought at such great cost. Right or wrong, that's a question that will need to be answered.


Of course, American soldiers aren't there to defend liberty, they're "Imperialist Aggression Forces." That's why our flag burns...and a General weeps.