Rice apologizes for omission in ally roster (Korea by * in RNC speech)

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2004/09/10/200409100029.asp

U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice conveyed an apology to Seoul yesterday that President George Bush had missed South Korea in his roster of allies during the Republican Party convention last week, Cheong Wa Dae said.
Rice called her South Korean counterpart Kwon Chin-ho as critics in the South said the episode showed how Korea is being slighted by the Bush administration.

"Rice delivered the intention of apology that the President left out South Korea while naming allies, and said this was never intentional and the United States appreciates Korea's contribution," presidential spokesman Kim Jong-min said.

Being nominated at the party convention in New York last Thursday, Bush mentioned several foreign leaders and their countries to express his appreciation for their support in the campaign against terrorism and the war in Iraq. But he failed to name South Korea, even though the country has committed the third largest force of 3,600 troops to the coalition in Iraq after the United States and Britain.

[JDPriestly]

1. This "mistake" shows how inept the administration is.

For shame.