Picture of the Day - 2

This is from the Korean protest on June 10. (AP Photo/ DongA Ilbo)

As the NYTimes points out, these protests are not really about US beef imports, but the impression that the current government bent over for the US.

Now, perhaps, we should imagine the "McCain scenario" of a permanent, large US presence in Iraq, and try to conceive of what this sort of dissent would look like in Iraq.

Even elements of Maliki's own party are itching to get the US out of their country.

Tell me again about the peaceful, permanent presence......

(I'm out til after lunch.)