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Korea
South Korea is our Realtor for Osan Base
2003-10-05
EFL Newsday
South Korea will spend $3 billion to buy land and move a sprawling U.S. military base from the capital, officials said Saturday.
I bet its our $3B.
The United States and South Korea agreed in June to relocate the 8th U.S. Army’s 800-acre Yongsan Garrison, which now occupies prime real estate in central Seoul. The U.S. military already has an air base at Osan. About the Yongsan area, Prime Minister Goh Kun said: "I hope the government will build a park that can be compared to New York’s Central Park." The relocation will be completed by 2006, officials said. Seoul residents have complained that the 8th U.S. Army headquarters occupies prime real estate in bustling central Seoul. Younger South Koreans also see the foreign military presence in their capital as a slight to national pride.
I'm concerned for the national pride of South Korea. Let’s book.
When they set up the HQ, the real estate wasn't that prime, was it?
Posted by:Super Hose

#4  Younger South Koreans also see the foreign military presence in their capital as a slight to national pride.

I hate when that happens. So we should leave asap. Then they can have their national pride restored in NKor re-education camps.
Posted by: Jarhead   2003-10-5 10:23:19 PM  

#3  It's all about the Juche. We can't abandon 18,000 cubic feet of feral Juche.
Posted by: Shipman   2003-10-5 4:06:21 PM  

#2  Younger South Koreans also see the foreign military presence in their capital as a slight to national pride.

Note to GWB: we can save a lot of money and free up resources for use elsewhere if U.S. military equipment and personnel are REMOVED from South Korea.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2003-10-5 3:29:44 PM  

#1  You mean we're good enough to fight and die for you jerks if needs be, but you really don't want to see us hangin' around till then?

Fine. We'll just move somewhere else...
Posted by: mojo   2003-10-5 3:17:05 PM  

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