![[A]crobatics are very much an American thing. No one does wishful thinking like we do. I don't see South Korean progressivists pretending that the regime's every word and deed can be boiled down to the same reassuring message. In fact, part of the reason many of them feel a sneaking admiration for the North is because it follows through on its Yankee-defying rhetoric. But that's another topic. (Brian Reynolds Myers)](https://static.quotesdtb.com/img/quotes_images/54/brian-reynolds-myers-admiration-534354.jpg)
[A]crobatics are very much an American thing. No one does wishful thinking like we do. I don't see South Korean progressivists pretending that the regime's every word and deed can be boiled down to the same reassuring message. In fact, part of the reason many of them feel a sneaking admiration for the North is because it follows through on its Yankee-defying rhetoric. But that's another topic.
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