Posted on 10/20/2018 11:15:56 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Ongoing talks with North Korea have raised the possibility of a future with far less tension on the Korean Peninsula – even, possibly, a declaration of the end of the Korean War.
But that should not change the long-standing military relationship that cements the U.S.-South Korea relationship, a delegation of South Korean officials who visited Washington earlier this month argued.
“Even after reunification of the Korean Peninsula takes place I believe there will be a need for the continued presence of U.S. forces in Korea, because we also have to concern ourselves with Russia and China,” said Hoon Sul, a representative in South Korea’s National Assembly.
Hoon was part of a six-person delegation led by Choo Mi-ae, former leader of the governing Democratic Party and a key ally of South Korean President Moon Jae-in.
In a group interview, Choo said that the lawmakers had come to Washington in a bid to explain Seoul’s position to their counterparts in Congress.
“The Korean Peninsula and the U.S. continent are physically quite far apart and, as such, there are times when we are not sure what the other are doing,” Choo said. “The choices that are facing us are quite critical in order for us to have a permanent peace on the Korean Peninsula.”
The visit came just days before Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was due to return to Pyongyang to try to kick-start denuclearization talks with North Korea.
One key topic of discussion during Pompeo’s trip was likely whether the United States will agree to a declaration that the Korean War is officially over....
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I suppose they could move up one border after Denuclearization, if the Chinese aren't playing nice.
Until North Korea surrenders or if South Korea decides to defend itself.
As long as there is one Democrat congressmen/woman left in Congress. They will always be the betrayer of someone else’s freedom, for the moment.
Until North Korea, and South Korea
can become Korea.
China kind of dictates a presence be maintained...
We could make the Philippines the 51st state and station people there.
I see us having a continued presence in a re-unified Korea, but changed from a deterrence from a ground invasion by the North, to a purely NATO-like strategic presence.
Oddly, candidate Jimmy Carter said, that if elected, he would remove all troops form the RoK.
I sat at K-2 airbase from 1976 to 1977 waiting for the lying POS to make good on this....
Interesting thought.
Didn't the Philippines kick U.S. troops out a while back? And isn't the fact that they are an independent country likely to put a crimp in your statehood plans?
There’s an organized Philippine Statehood movement.
I wrote him a letter as a high school sophomore urging him not to. Got a nice letter in return from a colonel at the Pentagon.
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