[sgtyork]

When I was in Korea in the late '80's there were still plenty of Koreans that would come up to an American and thank them for stopping the Communists. It was only in those years that the South Korean economy surged to the point where they could prevail over the north. The South Korean Army was plenty aggressive, but remember that the North Koreans have 1 million men under arms - a million!

The situation is somewhat more complex than you seem to understand.

[kingu]

When I was in Korea in the late '80's there were still plenty of Koreans that would come up to an American and thank them for stopping the Communists. It was only in those years that the South Korean economy surged to the point where they could prevail over the north. The South Korean Army was plenty aggressive, but remember that the North Koreans have 1 million men under arms - a million!

One million men under arms... And this means, what? That North Korea will march everyone to the border and proceed to walk south? Raiding people's homes for food, since they don't presently have the infrastructure to maintain supply lines?

We provided an incredibly valuable service. But like everything, there comes a time for things to end. Us guarding the DMZ is past prime. They can handle the job themselves.