[dfwgator]

South Korea will eventually be in the Chinese sphere of influence once they make a deal on what to do about the North.

[allmendream]

Well they may well learn the lesson of the Vietnamese.

The South Vietnamese, after the war, called the Russians “Americans without money”.

[pgkdan]

South Korea will eventually be in the Chinese sphere of influence once they make a deal on what to do about the North.

That's the truth and there's no reason anymore for to spend the manpower and the money to maintain the DMZ. Let them defend it themselves. In these times of budget difficulty the left keeps demanding spending cuts from the DOD...that's a good place to start.

[pgkdan]

South Korea will eventually be in the Chinese sphere of influence once they make a deal on what to do about the North.

That's the truth and there's no reason anymore for to spend the manpower and the money to maintain the DMZ. Let them defend it themselves. In these times of budget difficulty the left keeps demanding spending cuts from the DOD...that's a good place to start.

[Little Ray]

They have to do what is in their best interests. The PRC is right there and we’re an ocean away - and elect a$$-hats like Obama.

I suppose Hong Kong’s semi-autonomy is pretty reassuring to South Korea.