You know why we shouldn't be doing this regime change thing?
Because more than enough stupidity that requires a response from the USofA is going happen anyway.
Divided S. Koreans Impeach President
Violence Breaks Out Among Legislators
By Anthony Faiola and Joohee Cho
Washington Post Foreign Service
Friday, March 12, 2004; Page A12
TOKYO, March 12 -- President Roh Moo Hyun on Friday became South Korea's first leader in history to be impeached, losing his constitutional powers in the climax of a political struggle that left South Koreans more sharply divided than at any point since the restoration of democracy in 1987.
After a drama in the National Assembly as pro- and anti-Roh legislators came to violent blows before, during and after the vote, Roh's opponents secured 193 votes for impeachment -- above the two-thirds mark of 181 needed.
Roh is to be automatically suspended from office for up to six months pending a ruling by South Korea's nine-member Constitutional Court, leaving Prime Minister Goh Kun temporarily in charge at a pivotal time. South Korea, with Asia's fourth-largest economy, faces political chaos as it struggles with a fragile economic recovery and as totalitarian North Korea has vowed to become a nuclear power. In Seoul, stock shares tumbled more than 5 percent after the vote.
Goh, while expressing regret about the impeachment, quickly moved to assume his role as commander in chief of South Korea's 650,000-member military, which defends against the North along the world's most heavily armed border.
"The people feel unease because the impeachment bill was passed at a time that the economy faces difficulties," Goh said. "The cabinet and all government officials must do all they can to stabilize the people's lives and ensure that the country's international credibility will not be damaged."
