[Paul Ross]

Some tell me again why we even bother defending these cretins?

[Black Tooth]

SEOUL President Roh Moo Hyun declared Thursday that under no circumstances would South Korea allow the United States to resort to a military attack against North Korea.

Under no circumstances??

Then why are we spending billions of tax paid money to protect them from North Korea? Fortress America sounds better and better.

In light of this statement, it's time to leave.

[Itzlzha]

SEOUL President Roh Moo Hyun declared Thursday that under no circumstances would South Korea allow the United States to resort to a military attack against North Korea.

COOL!

That means we can just up and leave the South Korean IDIOTS, and AFTER Kim Jong Il CONQUERS the South, we can attack with Impugnity ALL the cities!

There are soldiers atationed on the DMZ that would LOVE to get the "F" outta there!

Also, we can cut off all Imports from S. Korea, as it will VERY soon after the pullout become N. Korea South, and we can nationalize all the South Korean companies and assets in the US!

Gee, this is FUN, and profitable....cool!

Start the return NOW!

[Magnum44]

"Why is ererybody so @#$%^&* stuupid? Why can't peopre be more interrigent, rike me?"

Kim Jong Il - Team America

Somehow, the quote seems to apply to SK in this case.

[Little Ray]

Pull our troops out of South Korea and expel the South Korean ambassador and embassy personnel. Now!

[RightWhale]

Okay, S Kor obviously doesn't need our troops. Maybe Japan would be a better choice for neutralizing N Kor.

[Tiger Smack]

someone tell me why are we there? why do we care about S Korea?

[Junior]

I guess we should just pack up and go home then, huh?

[PzLdr]

Time to change South Korea's designation from "Ally" to "down range". If I were "W", I'd not only pull out all the troops, but I'd dig up any Americans soldiers buried there, buy the MacArthur statue in the peace park, and bring it all home. And when the last unit left, I'd leave a big "WELCOME" mat, written in Korean, at the DMZ wire [where I worked in the 3/ 23rd Inf. in '68-'69].

[ken21]

#1

i agree.

they've got it every way: they sell their products to us at profit,

and they've got our military at our expense protecting them,

but they can make anti-american threats.

[jayhorn]

Roh Moo Hyun is Hangul for Dick Durbin.

[BnBlFlag]

We need to get outta there NOW!

[sport]

Orders should have gone out from the Pentagon for all United States troops stationed in South Korea to begin packing for withdrawal immediately.Soon as the S.K. President made that statement and he should have been informed by the highest level oficial that the United States will from this day on regard what happens between N.K. and S. K. as an internal matter.

[Stag_Man]

Anyone who thinks we should pull out of South Korea just doesn't understand the situation.

We are not there just to defend South Korea. - South Korea has long been able to win a conventional war with the North. Their defense budget dwarfs the the North's. Though the North out numbers the South 2 to 1 in term of standing army, the are much more poorly trained and equipped than the South. A lot of the North's tanks are immobile and much of their air force is in disrepair. It would take a heavy toll on the South, but few doubt that South Korea would win a conventional war with the North. Therefore, our main contribution to South Korea's defense is our nuclear umbrella, not ground troops.

The reason we are there is to oppose the North. North Korea would be a threat to our security even without the South. South Korea is the perfect place to keep troops to oppose the North and make sure that our interests in the region are protected and represented physically on the ground. The USFK give us credibility (i.e. it is a visible sign of our commitment--you can't see a nuclear umbrella) in a region vital to our economy and security though geographically remote from us.

Having forces on the Korean peninsula is also crucial to security strategy in the Far East as a whole. The peninsula has always been the lynch pin to the region. It borders Japan, China and Russia. All three of the countries are hugely important to our national interests. Out forces in South Korea put us right in the middle of the region. If China becomes hostile, we have military bases a very short air flight away from their industrial region. Bases in South Korea give us options and leverage in the Far East as a whole.

When you throw in our large economic ties with South Korea (anyone own a Samsung cell phone?) and the fact that there are usually 50,000 American civilians in South Korea--most of them in Seoul--the picture is clear that we cannot leave South Korea. It would be tantamount to shirking our nation's duty to protect our citizens lives and livelihoods.

[Hunble]

ROTFLMAO!

[JudgemAll]

South Korea?

Since when Roh spoke for all of SK?

Democracy in action

[gooleyman]

From the Article: ...under no circumstances would South Korea allow the United States to resort to a military attack against North Korea.

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Thus proving once again the old saying: "Blood is Thicker than Water"

[Paul_Denton]

Roh, the best thing for you to do is to stay out of our way.

[TADSLOS]

Dear Roh Moo, the whishing sounds over your head are American nuc's travelling inbound to your ronery cuz up north. You might want to duck, then follow the green glow to unify.

[angkor]

South Korea's Gen X'ers sincerely believe the'll be "reunified" with "Pol Pot" Jong Il in a spirit of joyous brotherly love.

The recent histories of Vietnam and Cambodia don't seem to phase them.

So let them have their bloodbath.

[Ronin]

Damn good question.