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(Picture from Donga.com)
The so called leader of the Korean 'taliban' had his day in the National Assembly to explain the "balancer's role":
... Lee Jong-seok, deputy chief of the NSC secretariat, defended its role in the government's foreign policies, including the controversial ``balancer's role'' in Northeast Asia.
Fielding a question from Rep. Song Young-sun of the main opposition Grand National Party (GNP), Lee underlined that South Korea's capacity is much bigger than the past and it is capable of performing the role.
``A state's capacity is combination of a minimum defense power and all other available sources including economic power,'' he said.
But Song repeated, ``I still can't understand it.''
Lee rebuffed her remarks, saying, ``You are not trying to understand it.''
If I *understand* it, that means that right now Korea is able to go up against and/or influcence China, Japan, Russia, and the US? I think the first order of business should be to develop a defense capability for the long run. As Hoon Noh (link to .pdf file) states in his recent KIDA Paper, most modernization efforts were "band-aid" attempts to fix changes in US military policy abroad, and Korea needs a *real* modernization program. Roosevelt had it right, walk softly and carry a big stick. Then we can talk capacity.
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