Chosun Ilbo on Dennis Halpin Comments at Heritage
Yet another reason to put up with the bombast, vitriol, and loopy Tokarevs-for-the-masses ideas you read here: you might just get more information, and get it faster:
The influential U.S. congressional advisor Dennis Halpin, a Korea expert, said there was a connection between Seoul’s sunshine policy vis-Ã -vis Pyongyang and its neglect of the alliance with Washington. Halpin went on to compare Korea’s appeasement of the North to the people of Troy’s acceptance of the Trojan Horse laden with enemy soldiers. . . .
Halpin lambasted South Korea for “whistling the tune of the Chinese” in the last round of six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program. He said it was hypocritical for Seoul to hope for a South Korean as UN secretary-general when it stood by as North Korea committed egregious human rights abuses.
My personal favorite was the Irish wake analogy, but that’s coming from a guy who knows about a dozen Clancy Brothers songs by heart. You can read the full text of Halpin’s speech here, if you haven’t already. Thanks again to Mr. Halpin for forwarding the text.
You can read two of Dennis Halpin’s other submissions for this site here (on human rights and regime change) and here (on Japan’s post-war legacy).