Thursday, March 8, 2007

Make that double

Obviously, the idea is completely lacking in orginality, but I think it's a good one. The proposal to change the Korean presidential term from from one five-year term to a renewable four-year term makes perfectly good sense. A term of five years is just not long enough for anything meaningful to be achieved. I don't know about you, but it takes me a good 12 months to feel truly comfortable at my job. The notorious political infighting in Korea - erupted often over the most trivial matters - probably saps away another year. The last year is completely useless since he's already a lame duck. So what do you have left? A year or two at best to make your mark. Not long enough.
-Roger in DC

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