Dan Sneider
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Dan Sneider
@dcsneider.bsky.social
Lecturer, East Asian Studies and International Policy, Stanford University
Former foreign correspondent, The Christian Science Monitor
Former editor and syndicated columnist, The San Jose Mercury News
Reposted by Dan Sneider
Not all Koreans are happy w/ this framing. Below, the Hankyoreh newspaper warns against seeing S. Korea as "a military stronghold within a striking distance of China."

"For Brunson, such musings may read like an original 'strategic suggestion.' But for Koreans, they are a matter of life and death."
Perhaps the US views the Korean Peninsula as a military stronghold within striking distance of China. But Americans would do well to remember that the peninsula is also the cherished home of more than 50 million allied citizens.

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