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	Some foreign countries are considered active; one speculates
about what they will do.  Others are considered passive; one wonders
what will happen to them and what we should do about them.  Korea (South)
is in the latter category, but this time I want to consider what they
can do about us rather than the other way around.

	If they do nothing, their future is uncertain and possibly
gloomy.  The problem is that America has commitments to them that
Ford and Kissinger maintain and on the basis of which they are
demanding suitable behavior from the Koreans.  However, if it ever
becomes necessary to fulfill these commitments, Congress will
almost certainly renege with the substantial support of a majority
of the American people.