Wrong. Wrong. And...wrong.
South Korea is about as vital to US interests in Asia as France is to US interests in Europe. We have wasted a lot of blood and treasure to prop up an "ally" that goes against our interests at every turn. Yet, like the French dependence upon NATO, Seoul screams like a child when the US mentions troop withdrawals from the DMZ.
Let them posture like the silly "progressives" in France. They are well aware who keeps the wolves at bay.
Ditto the rest of the Pacific rim countries. Their fear of an expansionist China greatly outweighs any traces of animosity towards WWII Japan, who BTW has a modern history of nothing but peaceful relations with its neighbors.
Wrong, wrong, wrong. It's hard to see how you could be more wrong. S. Korea is a vital regional political bulwark, not to mention a trillion dollar economy and an important military ally. If you surrender influence over S. Korea, then China, not the US, would clearly be the major power in the region. Do you want that?
We have wasted a lot of blood and treasure to prop up an "ally" that goes against our interests at every turn.
I take it you work for the DPRK Ministry of Propaganda? S. Korea clearly has forces within it that want to take it into the orbit of China. You're saying that because those forces exist, the US should abadnon S. Korea, when in reality it needs to recognize the threat and win it back.
Their fear of an expansionist China greatly outweighs any traces of animosity towards WWII Japan, who BTW has a modern history of nothing but peaceful relations with its neighbors.
That's simply not true. We might want that to be the case, but in reality, Japan, not China, is seen as the less predictable, potentially more dangerous power. That may not be fair, but it's how things are perceived.