2007.8.12.2

Korea Finds Escape from Its Real Issues,

Rewards Terrorists Again Instead

South Koreans can rest easier knowing that their government is (like many European countries) doing something the Taliban likes enough to expedite the release of two of the unfortunates being held. At a minimum, negotiating is something they like, because it prolongs the public agony and enhances the effect of the kidnapping, both by ensuring more publicity (which is all terrorism is, in a sense, when its not just business) and by letting the world feel the situation to be fresh news longer.

On the down side of this, doing something the Taliban likes means that they are doing something that successful civilization does not like… which puts them at odds with the philosophies that promote human progression. It once again demonstrates what misguided Koreans do when imbued with a warped sense of post-Puritan Christianity (or what some of their leaders do…). Then again, the Korean thought process is a bit baffling.