If you thought cooler heads found a place in Herr Bush's White House, think again! After the G8 meeting in Tokyo, Herr Bush's trip is on again to drop into Seoul. South Korea's capital is bubbling with protests against the importation again of US beef [and this has been going on for the last two months on a daily basis], which Bulldozer Lee Myung bak gave the green light to sell US beef on the Korean market place when he was in Washington to curry Herr Bush's favour. A lot of good that's done him! The protests, deepening in popular support, are also calling for Lee's recognition. At first to cool off the heat of Lee, the White House not only renegotiated the agreement on US beef, but also announced Herr Bush's trip to see his new friend in the Blue House was off. And then Lee with the happy smile on Herr Bush's face, let the beef in anyway. It was as though klewless Bulldozer Lee had waved a big red flag to an already enraged bull! Lee's decision with US backing was just that, for it gave one walloping dose of vitamin B into flagging protests, and suddenly the streets again were awash with Koreans calling for Lee's stepping down from office. And it up until now protests had a country fair air to them, Lee's police got testy and began breaking heads. Now the protests aren't going away by any stretch of the imagination by August unless Lee resigns. So if Lee is the most hated man in South Korea, Herr is a close second. And if anything will make Koreans' blood boil, it's Herr Bush's presence in Seoul.
Protesters might not get closer enough to spit at him as did Venezuelans during Herr Nixon's visit as Eisenhower's vice president, but one thing is sure, Lee will call out the troops with live ammo, and then the US beef hockeys will hit the fan!
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