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I served in the Republic Of Korea. Chosen, Land of the Morning Calm!!!! Your words are not true!!!! The Majority of the South Koreans are staunchly allied to the U.S.. Not far from where I was based over there, at the time it was President Chun, They erected along Freedom Highway a Monument dedicated to the U.S. Serviceman Who Fought and sometimes died to keep the R.O.K. a Free Nation not undeer Communist rule!!!! I was based near a large sprawling Walled City, The people there treated us like Kings. In the neihboring towns and villages We treated each other with mutual respect. We have helped train there Military there since the Early 50's. They are a highly trained and dedicated fighting force highly trained trained in the Martial Arts as well as Conventional fighting. Our troops and their troops train together all the time and have mutual trust and respect of each other. The South Korean Military is a fine fighting force, Very Tough as some of their units fought alongside us in Vietnam. The North Vietnamese had a definite respect for R.O.K. forces As R.O.K troops fought VERY MEAN!!!! You definitely need to study the history of the Korean war and subsequent R.O.K. history before spouting off like that.

I understand that older Koreans tend to be pretty conservative, decent people, and I was aware that Koreans had served honorably in Vietnam. But the fact remains that more than half of the Korean voters voted for Sunshine (corrupt coddling of Kim Jong-il) instead of realism. The younger generation needs to grow up. Maybe pulling our troops out would help them to understand. Right now, they probably think we want to be in South Korea as part of some imperialist plot or something. They think there's something in it for us and they're sure we'll help them if they ever get in trouble--so why shouldn't they take such an irresponsible attitude?

If the South is invaded, American troops should fight alongside South Korean allies. But if they're going to keep playing Sunshine, we should withdraw our forces. We can always send them back (even if that means in the event of an invasion the South will suffer more than if we had left the troops there).