[Pravious]

What a load of crap.

The war games aren’t necessary. They’re a waste of our money and suspending them gives face to Kim for his concessions.

[G Larry]

It’s a bit premature to score the results.

[Wilderness Conservative]

#nevertrumptripe

[Fido969]

Concern troll.

[DesertRhino]

I think will are more and more seeing the problem. There are some people that will truly be disappointed if hostilities come to a close.

[rusty schucklefurd]

If our permanent policy is now to suspend not only the current war games exercises, but also all future exercises as well, then the writer might have a point.

But, no one, including the President, has made such a claim. He suspended, for the time being, this fall’s exercises. I believe our President would change that in a heartbeat if he felt North Korea was back stepping from their word.

Remember it was Trump who canceled the summit in Singapore a week or so before it was supposed to happen, when Kim began his usual backtracking. Trump demonstrated to the North Koreans that he wasn’t fooling around.

When he did, the North Koreans scrambled to rescue said summit. Trump called their bluff.

So, I think is way to early to make such statements as the writer has made. Sounds like he has agenda (captain obvious!).

[Seruzawa]

Costly all right. Mainly to the contractors.

[Don Corleone]

A phone call ramps them up again in a heartbeat.

[GSWarrior]

The War Party is not bound by such designations as Democrat or Republican.

[Jmouse007]

President Trump didn't "stop" them, he "suspended" them; Huge difference.

POTS is giving little rocket boy a chance to prove whether he is serious about denuclearizing his country, or playing NK's usual games or not.

If the former is true, the suspension will continue. If little rocket boy isn't serious then they will be reinstituted post haste.

President Trump is giving little rocket boy a "one time only offer". If little kimmy renigs on the deal then POTS is going to lower the hammer, triple the sanctions and squeeze NK until little kimmy gets the Musolini/Chauchesque (sp?) "treatment".

President Trump is deadly serious, and little kimmy knows it. Besides South Korea and the USA already have all of the various military contingencies and training for any and every military situation in hand.

[seowulf]

And even if we move more than 28,000 troops back to Kansas or California or somewhere else in the U.S., we’d still have the expense of keeping them trained, fed and housed right here at home.

We can furlough 28000 troops and not pay or feed them, or they could man another border somewhere...like Mexico.

[catnipman]

“Stopping “War Games” Prematurely: A Costly Mistake”

give me a F-ing break ... they can be restarted at any time should that be necessary ...

[jospehm20]

I don’t think it is a big deal to anybody except the people who want us to fight everywhere all the time. The exercises can be restarted at any time.

[mac_truck]

The author is Ed Feulner, the former Heritage Foundation President with deep ties to the South Korean government and intelligence agencies.

Not sure how Feulner makes his money these days but it wouldn't surprise me to learn he was commissioned by a foreign lobbyist to write this piece.

[nonsporting]

We can transition easily into the B1-B and ICBM war games.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

Besides, let’s consider what we’re funding here. As President John F. Kennedy once said, “The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it.”

How about we consider what George Washington said warning us against entangling alliances or John Quincy Adams telling us we should not go abroad looking for foes.

And the author of the piece graduated from college when JFK was president and I don't see any evidence that he ever volunteered for military service so he himself could share in paying the price for freedom.

[hinckley buzzard]

Ed Feulner of the Heritage Foundation, known for issuing position papers nobody reads, and hosting fine cocktail parties paid for with your hard earned contributions. Meh.