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Originally posted by seretogis
Any country that pulls out because terrorists make threats regarding one hostage, is not worth the title of "US ally." 
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It should be noted that a very large percentage of the S. Korean population has NO DESIRE to be labeled a US ally. N. Korea already publishes plenty of propoganda accusing S. Korea of being a US puppet state. The fact that S. Korea is providing some support in Iraq has been a very controversial issue, mostly because it does make S. Korea look like a puppet. S. Korea is NOT going in iraq because they want to help rebuild the country. The S. Korean president himself, when asked to defend the decision to send koreans there, has responded with something to the effect of "it's important that we retain good relations with the United States."
It'd be like if your big brother that you disliked forced you to hide something from your parents, even though you don't want to, and your parents threatened to punish you if you didn't tell them what was going on. Then your big brother says to you, "if you tell them, you're a terrible little brother." The analogy is not exact, for obvious reasons, but you get the idea.