DMZ Twist: U.S. Retreat Unsettles North Korea

NYT ^ | 06/16/03 | JAMES BROOKE

[TigerLikesRooster]

How would Kim Jong-Il react if American troops completely withdraw from S. Korea? He may have a heart attack.:)

[b4its2late]

Withdraw completely.

[BushCountry]

I didn't realize what a fanastic ploy the announcement relating to moving the DMZ troops actually was. I underestimated the President again. North Korea has just been b#tchslapped. For a dummy, President certainly knows how to handle his emenies and reward his friends.

[Bill Davis FR]

why not remove all us troops from south korea???

[Mamzelle]

Roh came into power on a wave of anti-Americanism in SK. Rumsfeld casually said, "We'll leave anytime you like," effectively cutting the Korean Klinton off at his silly knees. Fell in love with Rummy all over again.

SK was so helpful during Iraq--sent 700 non-military advisors. Wonder if they've arrived yet in Baghdad?

[templar]

For a dummy, President certainly knows how to handle his emenies and reward his friends.

And ignore everyone else.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #5

They have been deployed at Talil airbase in S. Iraq for more than a month.

[Mamzelle]

Frum wrote this all, and better, a few weeks ago in NRO. I'll try to find the link. Not that I like Frum, he's almost as irritating as Bill Kristol--but one ought to give credit where it is due.

What's going on in Korea, involving the chess game with American pawns now being withdrawn, is a sterling example of foreign/military policy working to American advantage first and foremost. We ought to notice just for the pleasure of seeing it.

[Mamzelle]

Last I heard, they were still waiting for them. Glad to know they got there. While not in the same category as France, I found SK's support rather tepid, considering what the US has done for them.

[Steel Wolf]

There's nothing not to love about this move. It makes our guys safer, and more ready to deliver the counterstrike, while scaring the pants off of both Koreas.

[nravoter]

Hey Steel Wolf, what's your MOS? I used to be a 98G Korean back in the day.

FReegards from a fellow DLI alum.

[zip]

And ignore everyone else.

Why such cynicism? Or should I ask where you get your inside information?

Real Americans appreciate the President.

[Mamzelle]

I think templar is making ironic use of the Rice doctrine--"Punish France, ignore Germany and forgive Russia."

[sticker]

Maybe the International Solidarity Movement (the idiots that try and be speed bumps for Israeli bulldozers) and the dumba@@es that were human shields in Iraq can get together and replace our troops on the DMZ.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #14

I think that they would rather be in Pyongyang, serving as human shields for Kim Jong-Il's palace.

[HighRoadToChina]

Let the bombs begin!

[Dark Wing]

FYI

[Lady Eileen]

bttt

[wtc911]

Think about it....there nation is eternally, and especially now, on the brink of war with an oversized aggressor neighbor. Exactly how many divisions should they move half way around the world? Their token force sends the exact right message.

[RussianConservative]

For Americans, this concept is glaringly out of date in light of the war in Iraq, where much of the attack was waged by long-distance bombs and cruise missiles instead of soldiers climbing out of trenches. In an age when American and British forces took over Iraq in three weeks and lost fewer than 200 soldiers, the idea of leaving 14,000 troops exposed to withering bombardments seems nonsensical

Silly to compare Koreans to Arabs...arabs stupid fighters, never developed higher then Allah Akbar charge. N. Korea all mountain too, not open desert....non-military military analysts waste of oxygen.