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I’d love to get US military out of South Korea: Trump
2018-06-14
[PRESSTV] US President Donald Trump
...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States...
 has said drawing down American troops in South Korea was not a part of negotiations with North Korean leader Kim Pudge Jong-un
...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished...
, but stated that he would love to get American military out of the Korean peninsula.

In an interview broadcast on Wednesday, Trump said that a troop drawdown was "never discussed" during the historic summit with Kim in Singapore on Tuesday, apparently trying to calm the nerves of skeptics in America who blame the president of planning to give away too much to Kim in pursuit of a nuclear agreement.

"I am sure he would like that. It was never on the table. We sort of understood that was never on the table," Trump said.

However,
corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds...
 he reiterated his old desire to lower the American military presence in South Korea.

"I would love to get the military out as soon as we can because it costs a lot of money and a lot of money for us," Trump said.

North Korea has long demanded US troops be removed from the Korean peninsula as part of a nuclear deal, but the US has been at pains to stress the issue is not a bargaining chip.

The US has about 28,500 service members stationed in South Korea.

Trump said at a presser following the summit with Kim that the United States was stopping "very provocative" and expensive military exercises with South Korea to facilitate denuclearization negotiations with North Korea.

Posted by:Fred

#8  'Kinder, gentler' war? Bullfeathers!

Bring back the Rockeye and napalm.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2018-06-14 15:03  

#7  Count me in the GTFO Camp. Edward N. Luttwak (in his Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire) made an observation:
The Roman Empire, as empires do, got sucked into occupying everything because it might be used to attack land behind them. The Roman Republic used a doctrine of "paranoid preemptive self-defense" establishing a ring of allies client states and marching out in massive, "destroy everything and then go home" campaigns.
Wars are expensive, but defending every bit of useless dirt near your borders will bleed you dry.
Posted by: magpie   2018-06-14 12:22  

#6  That's because we've adopted the concept of a 'kinder gentler' war. Notice that when we bombed the **** out of two belligerent powers and the population felt it, they've never gotten around to re-militarizing again or had the stomach to do so. To quote Gen.Sherman - "War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it; the crueler it is, the sooner it will be over."
Posted by: Procopius2k   2018-06-14 11:30  

#5  I understand the sentiment, truly. But President Obama adopted withdrawal in Iraq and then Afghanistan, with interesting results that have been felt far beyond Iraqi and Afghan borders. Perhaps what is needed is a clear and actionable definition of victory in each area of operation, followed immediately by an overwhelming execution of the steps needed to achieve that victory.

Looking at the current situation in Iraq and Syria with regard to ISIS, it appears that is President Trump’s approach, though I’d be happier if he took the situation of the Kurds more seriously.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-06-14 11:19  

#4  I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same.

Many have taken this oath. Unfortunately, during the last and recent previous administrations, the threat has been greater domestically than foreign.
Posted by: JohnQC   2018-06-14 10:56  

#3  Please add me to the GTFO beating list. Of course an aggressive GTFO strategy will put a great many 'regime change' mechnanics in McLean, VA and Foggy Bottom out of work...or redirected to their fok'n primary focus of intelligence collection and actual diplomacy (as opposed to global shi* disturbing).
Posted by: Besoeker   2018-06-14 09:09  

#2  Herb takes a beating around here for his GTFO attitude about many colorful places around the globe. I'd like to take this opportunity to share in his beating. Bullets fly the same everywhere. Dirt is pretty much the same everywhere. Uphill is, well, gravitationally, pretty much a known problem. Contact with the populace is fairly straightforward: The ones who do not run immediately need to be shot.
You don't need lots of guys garrisoned overseas to learn those things. Those who have a taste for frauleins or mama-sans should get on the mil attache track or go get on their own dime.
Lets protect our own borders and get Prompt Global Strike down to the physically constrained 18-20 minutes.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2018-06-14 05:53  

#1  Hooray! Bring the troops gone, close the bases. Peace dividend!

After that, we get started on closing the bases in Africa and Europe. No longer needed and we are flat broke paying for the security of other countries' borders. Use the money saved to secure our own border.
Posted by: Herb McCoy   2018-06-14 01:10  

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