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Fine. Canada met her obligations and despite her valuable and near parity contributions, America denied her an equitable say in the defense of North America.

Yes, China is bad. Now compare China's political party system and social/economic institutions with North Korea's. Then explain to me why we should have identical policies for the two.

You want to compare Korea and Japan? Fine, Korea is significantly more anti-American than Japan. Japan does not work against us diplomatically in the region, Korea does. Japan doesn't whine as much as Korea does. And yes, despite a majority of Japanese who do want US troops, we will probably see troop reallocations there as well. Of course, we could always offer to put Korea under the protection of the Japanese, how about it?

I have thought about this exchange of posts and I will let you have the last word after this post. I think we are both getting angry and we are not really getting anywhere.

I agree that America has the right to move it's troops, I took offence at the casual manner in which some posters demand that US troops be moved around without any thought to the consequences. These knee jerk reactions anger me because I feel they undermine the people conservatives (should) want to help (in this case conservatives in SK) and support those on the left of the political spectrum (the fools running around tramping on US flags). I am convinced that this does not apply to you, or to Jumper.

I will agree that SK should be able to deal with NK. Sk does need real guarantees against China. It is hard for me to see a stand alone SK military that does not have nuclear missles to deter the Chinese.

I think that their is much less difference between Japan and SK than you do. I live in SK and have been to Japan many times and that is what I think.

I also don't see any real difference between China and NK. China is NK's keeper and protector; the things NK does are done with China's knowledge and blessing. I realize that this is an old example but, Kim Il-sung met with Mao Tse-tung in May of 1950 to get permission to invade the South. I don't believe that in the last fifty years, as NK becomes more and more dependant on China, that China's influence has lessoned. I also believe that China is cut way to much slack for it's misdeeds and it is past time for China to be called on them. I'll site the Chinese holding the US spy plane's aircrew hostage (April 2002 if memory serves) as an example. What country other than China would be allowed to get away with that crap.