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  • 승인 2003.06.06 00:00
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보수파 미국인 친구와 나눈 담화

보수 강경파 친구들과의 제2의 한국전에 관해  대화를 나누는 중, 한국은 지형상 이락과 달라 남한과 미국이 북한을 쉽게 공격해도 단기간 어렵지 않느냐는 말에, "미국이 북한(김정일)의 집무실과 그의 핵심기지를 정확하게 이락과 같이 폭격한다면, 쉽게 무너질 것이다"라는 말을 들었습니다.  제가 친구에게 받은 느낌은 북한(김정일)을 공격하는 것 보다는 그 후가 문제인 것 같아 보았습니다.
한국에서 또다시 동족살생의 비극이 일어나지 않아야 하는데,,,, 참된 자유와 민주주의를 위해 수백만의 목숨의 댓가를 치르는 전쟁 역사를 기억한다면,  정치가들이나 국민들이 군중심리적으로 데모나, 치열한 항의등으로 감정적 처리로 인하여 오히려 강대국에 의한 역사적 흐름에 희생될 수도 있다는 점도 기억해야 할 것이라는 생각이 들었습니다.  반미감정이 국민감정으로 들어나 세계언론에 특필된 이 후, 태평양을 건너온 한국대통령에게 미국이 15분간 미국대통령과 정상회담 제의를 받았다는 것에 한국을 모국으로 둔 미국시민으로서 아픈마음을 갖고 있습니다. 모국 한국 국민이 이러한 사실을 알고 겸허히 세계정세를 바라보며 더욱 더 냉철한 자세로 정직과 참된 정의로운 민주주의 사회(부정부패 척결, 윤리도덕문제 형성, 여성인권 보호, 세계환경문제등 세계인들의 관심에 함께함 등)를  만들어 나가려는 모습을 세계에 보일  때,  세계인들은 한국인을 친구로 삼고 싶어할 것입니다.  한번 결정된 사항은 돌이킬 수가 없어집니다. 한국의 정치가들이 미국정치가들과 좋은 친구가 되어 서로 자국의 이익을 위해 동생 동존하는 좋은 사이가 되기를 진심으로 바라며 이를 위해 기도하고 있습니다.


US sets new plan of attack for North Korea

June 4 2003
By Shane Green
Japan correspondent
Tokyo

Picture: AFP
Paul Wolfowitz in Tokyo yesterday.

The United States is reported to be developing new North Korean war plans that would bypass the Demilitarised Zone dividing the two Koreas and target North Korea's leadership in Pyongyang.
The plan is based on the success of US-led forces in Iraq in quickly reaching Baghdad.
US officials said that under the plan, US and South Korean forces would be consolidated in two areas away from the DMZ.
If war broke out, the forces would skirt the DMZ and head for Pyongyang. "This is Kim Jong-il's worst nightmare," one official said.
The report also said the recently announced $US11 billion ($A16.7 billion) upgrade of the capabilities of US forces in South Korea would give them the ability to "take down" North Korea's heavy presence on the border within an hour of war breaking out.

The report coincided with a visit to South Korea and Japan by US Deputy Defence Secretary Paul Wolfowitz.
Speaking in Tokyo after meeting Japan's Defence Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, Mr Wolfowitz would not be drawn on the reported plans.
But he said the US wanted to update its "force posture" so it could counter a North Korean attack "more quickly and more effectively".
In South Korea on Monday, Mr Wolfowitz warned of a "devastatingly effective" response against any North Korean military aggression.
The US has 45,000 troops in South Korea, including 15,000 members of the Second Infantry Division deployed near the DMZ. But it appeared likely they would be moved as part of a realignment of US forces in the country.
Mr Wolfowitz said the realignment of the 37,000 US troops in South Korea should not wait until the North Korean nuclear crisis was dealt with.
"It is not something that should wait until the nuclear problem is solved, as though somehow it's going to weaken our posture," he said.
"To the contrary, it's part of an effort to strengthen our overall posture on the peninsula, including . . . a very substantial investment by the United States in some 150 systems that will enhance our ability to provide for early defence against a North Korean attack."
Mr Wolfowitz acknowledged that North Korea now had "certain advantages over us, which they continue to press".
He did not specify what the advantages were, but North Korea has an estimated 11,000 pieces of artillery aimed at the South Korean capital of Seoul, only 50 kilometres from the DMZ.
But Mr Wolfowitz said the US also had some considerable advantages, pointing to the "remarkable military capabilities" demonstrated in Afghanistan and Iraq.
He said the US believed it was important to "update our force posture from where it was 10 years ago, to take advantage of those capabilities".

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