[gaijin]

America defended West Germans against East Germans. We spent oodles of diplomatic capital keeping Indians from tangling with Pakistanis. We staved off the Russians from threatening Japan. We kept South Koreans safe from North Koreans, and assuaged the fears of both these from the prospect a newly re-militarized Japan.

Granted this was not a pure form of philanthropy; lots of initiatives were in our own selfish interests. But come on -- everyone has their own petty misgivings, and it is just not sustainable for America to go around protecting the whole world from some other part of the world.

Let's not be spiteful about bringing our troops home from South Korea, but neither should fail to hear what they're telling us:

1. Korean problems are best entrusted to Korean folks.
2. Yankee go home.

If we're putting off their warm family reunion, then by all means let's help them set the table....

[Conservababe]

Methinks that South Korea would shit their britches if they were actually confronted with a viable united Korea. They do not want the responsibility of rebuilding and financing NK as the Germans had to do with East Germany.