A recent poll has revealed that a majority (90%) of South Korean youth would be against the United States if uses a military option to topple the North Korean regime. Nearly half would want South Korea to side with the Communist North. A mere 12% would want the South to side with the US during such a war.

The poll, conducted Feb. 16-19, surveyed youths between 17 and 23 years old who will be old enough to vote in next year’s presidential election. The margin of error was plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

The youths named China as South Korea’s most important partner for maintaining friendly relations, at 39.5 percent, followed by the United States and North Korea at 18.4 and 18 percent, respectively.

So we are polling .4% ahead of Kim Jong-Il? That is nice, but why do we bother being so damn humane if could behave like that animal and still come up smelling like kimchi?

Two important questions: Do we have a policy for dealing with North Korea’s nuclear status? Why are we spending millions of dollars per year to station troops in South Korea when a majority of the nation (I realize this poll only includes 17-23 year olds, but other age groups tip the balance against the US) doesn’t want us there? These troops should be moved to Japan or Taiwan, countries where we have true friends.