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But to many Koreans, the standing of and respect for the U.S. military in Korea has plummeted from that of guarantor of Korean and regional peace and stability to a source of both personal and environmental wrongdoings. Why has anti-American sentiment spread throughout Korean society so suddenly? This situation is very likely related to the success of the recent inter-Korean summit talks. If nothing else, the summit talks between North and South Korea have given rise to the thought that the primary mission of U.S. troops in Korea, namely to deter the military threat of North Korea, is coming to a close while the U.S. military presence is now seen as a possible impediment to lasting peace and the unification of the Korean peninsula. Ironically, whereas North Korea has reportedly acknowledged the positive peace-keeping role that American forces play on the Korean peninsula at the recent summit meeting in Pyeongyang, attitudes toward the American military among South Koreans have become increasingly negative. Moreover, while opinion in South Korea is divided on the nature of the North Korean regime between conservatives and liberals, there appears to be broad consensus on the issue of U.S. forces in the South. Even among South Korean conservatives, there is a deeply rooted tendency to view the American military as retarding the country's development of a self-reliant military while also restricting its foreign policy autonomy. In this context, anti-American sentiment may well be an outlet for venting Korean nationalism. If inter-Korean relations continue to progress, there will likely be growing demands for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the South so as not to hinder national unification. But one must wonder whether unification and related Korean issues could be resolved any more easily if the American troops were withdrawn from Korea.

Cheonan Incident False

The "story about a torpedo attack by the north" is a sheer fabrication as it is devoid of scientific accuracy. As for the 1.5 meter-long propelling body, it is what dozens of U.S. and south Korean warships equipped with up-to-date radars failed to find out in more than 50 days of search operations. But they claim it was suddenly netted by a civilian fishing boat, something incredible and not understandable either. The group of traitors even produced a video showing the propelling body being netted by the fishing boat and helicoptered, and then took it to the UN in a bid to justify it. But it is clear to everybody that such video showing "the retrieval" of this mysterious thing can hardly serve as evidence proving the propelling body of the torpedo. A screw of propelling axis and an engine, etc. which they alleged were used for breaking "Cheonan" into two were neither bent nor damaged. Yun Tok Yong who headed the "joint investigation team" said its American and Australians concerned were "surprised" to learn that the propelling body was in very good shape. There is a rumor in south Korea that the story about the retrieval of the propelling body is just like asserting that "a stone picked up at roadside dates back to the Old Stone Age."  The U.S. and the south Korean puppet forces claimed that the property of the metal used in making the propelling body is just the same as that of "the north's training torpedo" obtained 7 years ago and its design is also same as the design introduced in the "north Korea's torpedo brochure." This is sheer sophism