Chapter 557 557 An island in a human wall

The tough performance of Clinton and the US government has finally turned the problem of US troops in South Korea into a crisis!

At the instigation of Qi Yiming, the ROK finally gave an ultimatum to the US troops stationed in the ROK, which was to withdraw from the ROK within four months, but before the time for the ultimatum arrived, the US White House press secretary made it clear that the United States would not make the slightest concession, and that the United States would continue to be stationed on the Korean Peninsula in accordance with the defense agreement it had signed and would not be transferred due to any special circumstances.

It's just that this not only makes people suspicious, but the entity of South Korea does not exist, who is your defense agreement going to protect? This has also made the whole world clearly see the face of the United States, which acts in accordance with its own interests, without really considering international law, justice, or the feelings of the people of other countries.

This has further aroused the dissatisfaction of the South Koreans, and the new round of anti-US protests has a tendency to expand.

However, the political and tactical ability of the United States is not vegetarian, and they still have a lot of bargaining chips in South Korea, and the United States is trying to use the economic card to clamp down on South Korea and put pressure on South Korea, giving up the idea of forcing the US military stationed in South Korea to move to defense. The United States is South Korea's main trading partner, and a large number of South Korean goods produced are to be sold in the United States, and the United States has made a bad deal in trade, and a large number of South Korean goods are facing difficulties in customs clearance in the United States, or they have been directly beaten back due to various inexplicable factors, so that many Koreans who rely on trade to survive and export production have suffered huge losses.

At the same time, a group of pro-American South Korean policies began to blow the "pillow wind" at this time, and a South Korean parliamentarian said: "South Korea and the United States have had close diplomatic relations for decades, and the United States is also an important partner of South Korea, both in the economic and political and military fields." It is disrespectful to our allies to disregard the United States and act alone in such a hasty manner in the process of reunification, and it is also an arbitrary breach of trust, and it is really the government's unwisdom to expel the US troops stationed in Korea and selectively forget the tremendous contributions made by the US troops in Korea in our country, and it needs to be revised. ”

Similar voices naturally shook some South Koreans, and it seemed that the counterattack offensive adopted by the United States had also achieved certain results, but the person opposite them was Qi Yiming, a veteran who was accustomed to playing such methods, and immediately Qi Yiming instructed Kim Dae-jung and his party to carry out a second counterattack in public opinion.

Soon, the fact that the United States countered South Korea through economic warfare and used pro-American politicians to undermine the South Korean government's decision was widely exposed, and even through investigations, the bribery of some pro-American politicians in the name of various American foundations was deeply exposed. Some South Korean television stations even carried special reports on the losses caused by some traders and manufacturers because of the small actions of the United States, which aroused even more dissatisfaction among South Koreans.

At this moment, some of South Korea's most prestigious politicians, critics, academic leaders, and other elites, under the call of Kim Dae-jung, began to help stir up nationalist sentiments, and one historian denounced: "South Korea never really became independent in World War II, we only broke away from colonial rule from Japan, but fell under the puppet control of the United States, and some unscrupulous politicians were servile and only knew how to obey the voice of the United States, but ignored the interests of our people and our Korean nation. In such a war in which there is no smoke of gunpowder but is also life-and-death, the people of South Korea should have the backbone to resolutely unite and fight against the Americans. ”

After more than a week of deliberation, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung personally stood on the stage and spoke: "The US military stationed in the ROK ignores our bills and insists on occupying our country's land, which is a naked act of aggression; on behalf of the South Korean government and all the South Korean people and all the people of the Korean Federation, I lodge a solemn protest and condemnation to the United States. On the issue of national independence from dignity, we, the Korean nation, will never retreat! ”

Until now, Clinton also felt that things had gotten bigger, and the South Koreans had more backbone than he imagined. Originally, he thought that the Koreans would bend at the first pressure, no different from the previous South Korean puppet governments, but the current South Korean government is obviously not like this.

His diplomatic advisers believe that South Korea is now a democratically elected government, and the South Korean people have a desperate desire to speak out politically after a long period of suppressed political power, and at the same time are easily agitated, which is the so-called populist tendency. Nationalism is clearly the easiest soil to nourish populism, and once populism is ignited, many elected governments will have to follow the voice because they have disobeyed it, and if the results are not good, they will be quickly replaced and lose power.

Therefore, populist countries sometimes appear tougher than dictatorships in the face of foreign problems, even if they do not have the strength and foundation to be tough.

At an event where Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qishen openly expressed his disapproval of the United States' obstinate and forcible stationing in South Korea, he held that the people of the Korean Federation have the right to decide their own destiny and that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of an independent country should also be respected. At the same time, Foreign Minister Qian called for peaceful negotiations and communication to resolve the issue, and China is willing to actively mediate the dispute.

When the Americans heard this, they couldn't wait to spit on the ground, China, you still settle the dispute, and if you come out, then the only way to resolve the dispute will inevitably be to harm the interests of the United States, and the result will be the withdrawal of the United States.

Soon, the DPRK and the ROK submitted their own merger applications to the United Nations, and the separate offices of the ROK and the DPRK at the United Nations would be merged into one, the Office of the Federation of the DPRK to the United Nations. If the UN General Assembly opposes it, then the UN's signboard of non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries will be smashed. After that, the vote to approve the DPRK's membership in the United Nations was passed, and even the United States was embarrassed to vote against it, but abstained.

The first draft resolution put forward by the DPRK after joining the United Nations was to ask the UN to come forward and help the DPRK expel US troops illegally stationed in South Korean territory. Although the Americans had anticipated this action, it was still quite troublesome when it was really handled, because the United States was really untenable in legal theory. Although the Korean Federation has not yet been fully established, they have already used this name, and the independent sovereignty of the two Koreas no longer exists, so the defense alliance treaty signed by the United States and South Korea is null and void.

The United States does not have any defense agreement with the Korean Federation, so there is naturally no reason to keep troops and military facilities here.

The diplomatic force of the United States had no choice but to go all out to lobby various countries in the UN to explain their own positions, and even to the point of exchanging interests to persuade these countries to stand on the side of the United States in the subsequent vote.

But even so, the results that can be achieved are quite limited, because even if the NATO allies of the United States are willing to help the United States in this matter (in fact, there are not many, after all, this is a clear violation of a country's sovereignty), a wide range of third world countries, as well as China's leading Shanghe Organization member states and peripheral countries, will not give in to the United States in this matter.

Sure enough, as expected, the overwhelming majority of countries voted in favor, prompting the United Nations to condemn the illegal U.S. presence in South Korea and demand that the United States withdraw from the Korean Federation within a deadline.

The United States has suffered a major setback in diplomacy, and the doves in the United States have also expressed their dissatisfaction at this time, believing that the US government's behavior is dirty and ugly, which has seriously affected the positive image of the United States, which has also been used by some opposition figures to attack the incompetence of the Democratic administration.

Clinton could not bear any strength at this time, and he could continue to be tough, but it is true that as the opposition has said, the forcible seizure of military power has already hurt the image of the United States, and no matter what period it is, being famous and having a positive image is the only magic weapon that can continue to dominate, and the issue of stationing troops in South Korea is likely to have an adverse impact on other aspects of US affairs. Some countries that also have US troops stationed in the United States cannot help but worry now, and one day they will also want to take back the right to garrison troops, but the United States does not agree, will a similar incident occur.

The DPRK Federation also launched the largest wave of protests and marches, this time not only South Koreans, the 38th parallel was opened, and the North Korean government organized tens of thousands of representatives of the North Korean people from all walks of life to come to South Korea and join hands with the South Korean compatriots to form a human wall on the periphery of the US military base, this human wall composed of more than 100,000 people rotated every day, and the Americans were blocked in the base without interruption, and the US troops inside could not get out, and the food and drinking water outside could not enter, completely turning the US troops stationed in South Korea into an island.

There are all unarmed people here, some of them are students and teachers, some are elderly and some are middle-aged women, and if the United States really breaks through this human wall, it will inevitably cause casualties, and at that time Americans will become even more street rats, not to mention that they can't mix in South Korea, they can't mix in the world.

The behavior of the people of the DPRK Federation of the DPRK in uniting in their resistance to the forcible occupation by US troops has had a wide impact on the international scale, and many countries have also staged demonstrations in anti-hegemonic solidarity with the Korean people, and even in Washington, D.C., some do-gooders have gathered to demonstrate outside the White House.

The U.S. military base in South Korea is still enough to sustain them, but the morale of the soldiers there is already freezing low.