"Good boy, Kimmy!"
Posted on 08/18/2017 2:59:15 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Report: U.S. scales back deployment to Korea for drills
By Elizabeth Shim Contact the Author | Aug. 18, 2017
Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Strategic assets of the U.S. military, including an aircraft carrier and a nuclear-powered submarine, may not be deployed during the upcoming joint exercises on the Korean peninsula.
South Korean television network SBS reported Friday the United States canceled plans to deploy the strategic assets during the drill set to begin next week, and the move is taking place a week after tensions spiked between Washington and Pyongyang.
The United States and South Korea originally planned to deploy two U.S. aircraft carriers, a nuclear-powered submarine and a strategic bomber to the peninsula.
A South Korean government source who spoke to SBS anonymously said Seoul agreed with the proposal to scale back.
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Well theres the quid for the pro quo
Had to give lil Kim something
The Art of the Deal in operation.
Hope it works.
anonymous source............again.
Won’t change anything.
I’d say we don’t want everything bunched together....not at this time.
Journalists and members of NGOs would like to believe that they are dictating defense and foreign relations policies, but they’re not.
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