Protesters Happy to See PATRIOTs Go
As expected the anti-US groups in Gwangju are quite happy to see the PATRIOT missile unit in Gwangju leave:
Protesters are glad to see them go. Supporters want them to stay. And the mayor is riding the fence on the announcement that U.S. troops are leaving Gwangju after less than two years in the city.
U.S. officials confirmed Thursday that the 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, part of the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, is to be moved to Camp Carroll, about 40 minutes north of Daegu, by year¿s end.
¿On one hand, we are very pleased,¿ said Park Sang-chun, a representative for about 100 civic groups that protested stationing the Patriot missile battalion at the South Korean military¿s Gwangju Air Base. But ¿just to relocate the base to another area in Korea,¿ he said, ¿the problem remains the same substantially.¿
Now what would that problem be exactly Mr. Park? I don’t see what the problem is from PATRIOT missiles units protecting your commie ass from your “brothers” in the North. Maybe he would prefer his own government to spend the billions of dollars needed for the Koreans to buy their own PATRIOT missiles to protect him and his commie bretheren in Gwangju.
