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Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Eastasia
Here is an excellent read: Eastern Fronts: Our allies in Taiwan and South Korea are counting on our help, but they're not doing much to deserve it.

South Korea's policy toward the North is characterized as “see no evil, hear no evil,” Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian is accused of promoting "aggressive politics of seeking formal independence... coupled with a sharp decrease in defense spending," and President Bush's "policy vacuum" gets its fair share of the blame.

Patrick J. Buchanan, writing on January 7 2003, came up with the most sensible solution I've yet encountered in The Coming U.S. Retreat from Asia.