Transcripts for BBCNEWS Political Thinking with Nick... 20210905 04:42:00

people will who would disagree you're looking at what was going on across the other side of the parallel. and really wonder whether that was so and you would have looked at the south korean government at that time and you would have said this is a basket case. it's run by a bunch of military dictators, its economy is below that of afghanistan, roughly equivalent of congo, will it ever—rise again, will it ever prosper? now look at it, it is one of the world's economies, one of the world's economies, one of the world's economies, one of the world's great democracies, is exporting not just phones and cars to the industrial world, just phones and cars to the industrialworld, but just phones and cars to the industrial world, but also culture, innovation commerce. it's an extraordinary success story, south korea.- it's an extraordinary success story, south korea. yes, but there will — story, south korea. yes, but there will be _ story, south korea. yes, but there will be people - story, south korea. yes, but| there will be people watching this, listening to this would so you can say that about dozens of countries. {iii so you can say that about dozens of countries. of course ou dozens of countries. of course you could- _ dozens of countries. of course you could- we _ dozens of countries. of course you could. we don't _ you could. we don't intervene there, you could. we don't intervene there. we _ you could. we don't intervene there, we don't _ you could. we don't intervene there, we don't invade - you could. we don't intervene there, we don't invade the, i you could. we don't intervene | there, we don't invade the, we don't occupy, we don't keep our troops in harm's way, why afghanistan?— troops in harm's way, why afghanistan? because that's where 9m — afghanistan? because that's where 9/11 happened. - afghanistan? because that's where 9/11 happened. you i afghanistan? because that's i where 9/11 happened. you don't choose history. history chooses

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