US cancels food aid to North Korea: That'll teach Koreans who's the boss!

[joshcryer]

141. Yeah, it's hard to blame the South Korean people for voting in people that ended it.

North Korea just kept rejecting it and rejecting it and blowing smoke and ignoring the truly gracious attempts by the South Koreans to reunify and open dialog and just be one with their northern cousins (and brothers and sisters).

I still think South Korea, just by its nature as a kind, gentle culture, wants the Sunshine Policy to stand, just, at a cultural and philosophical level, but North Korea wouldn't have it. It threatens the status quo too much there.

It's just a crying shame that the same people who were against the Sunshine Policy are also kind of against South Korean progressivism. There's a sort of ideological conflict there and it seems, at least to me, that progressives needn't necessarily be pushovers to an authoritarian regime while still being for the people. You can be for the Sunshine Policy for example, and still be for the people, and if the Sunshine Policy isn't working, OK, keep at it but subdue it in some senses.

I dunno. Just a shame. It seems like the authoritarian elements in North Korea are winning, because South Koreans want to unify.