Posted on 05/03/2020 5:26:25 AM PDT by jonatron
We’ve equipped SK. We’ve trained their troops. They no longer need us. Bring our guys home and station them on the southern border until the WALL is completed.
Korean’s voted for full socialism and their bill is coming due right before their very eyes. Korea has artificially high wages, but those wages have a purchasing power half of what similar wages in the US have before and after taxes. Korea’s problems are that they are an export oriented economy, import food and energy, raw resources, and socialism. US Forces in the Pacific provide both a conventional duturance and a nuclear umbrella. China, Russia and N.Korea are the major problems with defense pacts for freedom loving countries.
The money is a major problem for Korea simply because everyone under 45 years old is so consumer driven that they want STUFF, and no body is getting married for various reasons from supporting extended families to women demanding rich husbands.
About 10-12 years Korea’s leader openly flaunted his desire to align with China resulting in the US cutting intelligence sharing... and with those breakdowns in defense glaring in the face of the average Korean they voted to oust that radical communist loving government. Fast forward to today and Korean’s have forgotten about the communist alignment issues and have serious Socialism funding issues - money. If Samsung, LG, Daewon, Hundai or even Kia has export problems and sales drop it causes problems.
Around the year Y2K the US transitioned from a lender nation to a debtor nation competing for global loan resources. The Buck stops sorta these days except for Quantitative Easing for each nation printing equal amounts of money to the size of their national money supply/economies... The buck stops. We are not in the period where monetary realignment of nations may result in regional currencies and / or trade good pegged to price controls in order to keep nations afloat.
Nuke arsenals keep bastard nations afloat regardless.
World sucks for Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Asian Pacific in general with China looking at their current open window closing rapidly with economic realities.
Good post from someone who served two assignments there. 72-73 (Enlisted) and 85-86 (Officer).
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