Posted on 05/03/2020 5:26:25 AM PDT by jonatron
Enjoy your new leader kim jung un
And why are we still there?
We could use those troops on our southern border.
If they don’t want to pay for their own security, then they should be willing to go it alone. Too bad.
The Koreans are tough negotiators, but they need the US there more than the US needs the bases. My take on the current Korean government is that they are more aligned with the anti-war, anti-US mentality than they are with taking care of the safety of their country. They are more like Angela Merkel than Donald Trump. This sort of mentality tick-tock’s back and forth based on what is going on. When times are good and nobody has suffered in a long, long time, life is all rainbows and Skittles. Then, something comes along that performs a reality reset and people start paying attention to life’s real dangers.
As an example, when the Wohanflu hit, people largely stopped talking about SJW intersectionality and began dealing with real issues. I think it’s time for the US to mothball it’s bases in Korea and start a phased withdrawal. The North will suddenly look a lot more menacing and the South may come back to dealing with reality.
Since they excel in contact tracing perhaps they can send some teams here for the next CCP pandemic
But today South Korea is one of the world's most prosperous and vibrant nations.There's no reason why they can't chip in to cover the costs.
time to leave.
Time to go.
If the Koreans pay the full cost for U.S. troops in their country then does that mean that if the U.S. wanted to move them elsewhere the Koreans could say no? After all, they bought them?
The Koreans are playing hardball because they saw what happened in Syria. If Trump tries to pull out of Korea Congress and the military brass will just ignore him.
Then remove the troops.
That means there has to be a contract (treaty).
They do, as the article points out. Trump wants them to pay four times as much.
There is a treaty and the contract would be the Special Measures Agreement, wouldn't it? After all if South Korea is paying for them then they should have control over what is done with them, right?
Bought No, rented yes
Still paying for them, so if the U.S. wanted to send them somewhere else the Korea should have a say in it right?
Time to bring them home and put them on our southern border.
Hell, bring them all home and put them on them border.
South Korea (RoK) is strong enough to defend itself without the US having to be there. We might even be too close to assist RoK since modern weapons are more powerful and have a longer range than those of the late 1950s. Also, our soldiers present a tempting target for any regime (China?) trying to start trouble.
I think it’s time to withdraw from RoK, and probably from much of Europe too. (The generals won’t like losing those cushy command billets)
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