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Well for starters my family lives in Canada so I guess they are not in any real need of protection. I have not suggested that the US cannot withdraw it's troops, I have suggested that America has been living up to it's international obligations and must continue to do so or be willing to face the consequences of not doing so. I also suggested that some writers have not considered the consequences of a troop pullout and that this lack of thought makes them no different than the students who are protesting against the presence of the soldiers. If you read my post you will note that I have not commented at all on the redeployment of troops. I am not certain what exactly it is I am being ungrateful about. I do not believe that I have whined in any of my posts though in deference to you I shall review them. As for my serving no purpose in the world, I am probably too biased to comment on that accurately so I shall take your word for it. Finally I do not believe that I have made any comment on "what America has done".

Bozo

Well for starters my family lives in Canada so I guess they are not in any real need of protection.

Can you say NORAD?

America has been living up to it's international obligations and must continue to do so or be willing to face the consequences of not doing so.

Funny, I've read the mutual defense treaty with South Korea and there's no requirement for the stationing of troops in Korea, how many or where.

Article 4

The Republic of Korea grants, and the United States of America accepts, the right to dispose United States land, air and sea forces in and about the territory of the Republic of Korea as determined by mutual agreement.

But I would suggest S. Koreans read about the:

Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States of America and the Republic of China

Signed at Washington 2 December 1954
Entered into Force 3 March 1955 by the exchange of instruments of ratification at Taipei
Terminated by the United States of America 1980

That was a good post--ignore the reflexive, superficial, one-track BS from people not capable of a two-way discussion or original thought. They don't speak for all of us. I spent several years in SK, and the loudmouth anti-US students and politicians do not speak for the S Koreans in general. We aren't about to pull our troops out--we're just re-arranging them.