because they don't want to be patronized.

Let me move on to Morse Tan, Ambassador.

He was the ambassador at large for global criminal justice

and South Korean, which I'm very proud of to be able to sit next to you.

We know that there's been peace on the Korean Peninsula for seven decades.

And the primary reason for that

is not because the North Koreans have decided that they really like South Korea or whatever.

The reason, of course, is because of the US-South Korea Mutual Defense Treaty

where both countries pledge to defend each other.

There are a lot of people on the left in South Korea,

prone North Korean sympathizers. they want to end the treaty because they believe that if the US is off the peninsula, then clearly North Korea will be able to take over.

So what can South Korean Conservatives do

in CPAC Korea and in other organizations?

What can they do to strengthen the treaty?

That's a great question and important question, Gordon.

Let me be very clear that North Korea's goal is to get the US not committed to

defending South Korea and the US commitment to defend South Korea has been the

single biggest deterrent against another full-blown

Korean war because North Korea's ultimate goal is to take over the

Peninsula by force.

And so conservatives in South Korea

must build strong ties and ongoing strong ties with the United States of America.

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