Posted on 06/18/2017 6:56:49 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Trump expresses fury over S. Korea's decision to delay THAAD
US President Donald Trump expressed fury over South Korea's decision to delay the full deployment of the US THAAD missile defense system pending an environmental assessment, a senior official said Sunday.
Trump showed the reaction when he discussed the matter with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the White House on June 8, the official told Yonhap News Agency on condition of anonymity.
The revelations, if true, raise concern that the issue could affect the first summit meetings between President Moon Jae-in and Trump set for June 29-30 at the White House, though it is not clear if it would be on the agenda.
Earlier this month, South Korea suspended the deployment of an additional four THAAD launchers pending an environmental assessment, spurring doubts in the US that the halt might be a precursor to the South ultimately rejecting the THAAD deployment altogether.
But Seoul has promised the environmental study won't lead to a reversal on the deployment itself.
On Friday, Moon Chung-in, a foreign affairs scholar serving as a special adviser to President Moon, told reporters in Washington that the environmental review is an unavoidable process for Seoul to go through if it's a democracy. He also said it's wrong to suggest THAAD is "everything about the Korea-US alliance."
The THAAD unit in South Korea became operational after the US
brought in two of a total of six launchers for the battery in early March. The remaining four launchers have since arrived in the country but have not been installed yet.
The environmental review put the installation of the four launchers on hold.
THAAD has been one of the hottest political and security issues in South Korea for years, with the US wanting to deploy the system and China putting up vehement opposition claiming THAAD's radar can be used to spy on the country.
Opposition in South Korea to the deployment grew larger as the public raised questions about decisions made by former President Park Geun-hye, who was impeached and then ultimately ousted from office on corruption charges. It was when Park was in office that Seoul decided to host the system.
Trump fueled opposition to THAAD among the South Korean public by demanding Seoul pay for the US$1 billion system. The demand runs counter to a deployment agreement under which the US agreed to pay for the system if the South agreed to host it and provide land. (Yonhap)
The new guy they elected is wuss.
We can always withdraw our troops, planes and ships from the Korean peninsula. There are other theatres where they’d be useful. I say that as someone who spent two grueling years there defending those people. If they no longer want our help....
Wow, was Trump throwing chairs and tables when expressing his “fury”
If I had a madman living next door anything I did would be well thought out and done slowly....
Something SK is probably doing...
Simple:
Redeploy the 50,000 troops to the Mexican Border.
Problem(s) solved.
“The revelations, if true...”
That’s more honest than our media.
What else would you expect from a south Korean weakling is elected president. Have they done an environmental study of the artillery barrage on Seoul?
Yes, I think our troops have to perform bodily functions while they are there, so the impact seems too great. Let’s bug out.
the public ==> hardcore left-wing agitators and their latches in media.
The public absorbs what media drums up.
When the left says "public" or "people,", it is just them or their hardcore elements.
Any negative fallout from this incident will be used as further argument for anti-American stance. People high up in the current government are hardcore pro-North/anti-American elements. They are like a proverbial scorpion, who stings a frog carrying it over the river and drowns together.
Now that they are in power, they may not even care what the public think. They could do what they want and make people swallow it.
People can be pretty gullible and easily manipulated. They now live in a happy bubble the left created.
Exactly. Let the ingrates in Seoul defend themselves!
Exactly. Let the ingrates in Seoul defend themselves!
We can always withdraw our troops, planes and ships from the Korean peninsula.
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That is correct. NO DISCUSSION...
PDT- President ‘Kim’ understand you are afraid the missile launch pads will disrupt some frogs?
SKP’K’- The environmentalists are complaining ..(broke into)
PDT- If that the case, understand we will be ‘leaving’ soon and lets see what the incoming missiles will do to your environment.
Call it a threat, promise or whatever you want, JUST DO IT.
Stop spending money and spilling American blood on people who do not want our help. Bring our troops home then see what happens. Let the South Koreans defend themselves—why should we continue to do this so long after the Korean war? Why? They have become complacent, taking the US for granted in their defense. Enough!
Seecwhere that goes.
“Exactly. Let the ingrates in Seoul defend themselves!”
Right.
Tell me again: Why do we have 50,000 troops there?
How much does that cost?
Why aren’t they on the Mexican Border?
It is time we left Korea. They’ve had decades to learn to defend themselves.
“Let’s bug out.”
Exactly.
Why are we soooo concerned that MAYBE some Asian country MIGHT be invaded by some other Asian country?
We’re being invaded RIGHT NOW.
“It is time we left Korea.”
We did a fantastic job there.
Bring the troops home.
Give them a ticker tape parade in NYC.
Send them to the Mexican border.
That exactly what I was thinking.
Pull ALL our troops out of South Korea and reploy them to the Mexican border.
Why should 30,000 - 50,000 Americans be cannon fodder when the SHTF between North and South Korea?
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