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2017-06-08 China-Japan-Koreas

South Korean president halts deployment of THAAD system

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-06-08 00:24|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 Will President Moon's cancellation of Readiness Exercise FOAL EAGLE be the next shoe to drop? If we cannot adequately protect our troops, perhaps we are no longer needed on the peninsula.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-06-08 00:47|| 2017-06-08 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Aholes beg for protection then say "Your means are icky. Go away"

Posted by 3dc 2017-06-08 00:48|| 2017-06-08 00:48|| Front Page Top

#3 Why are we agitating for war with North Korea? The South has the situation well in hand. Bring US troops home, they serve no purpose.

Posted by Herb McCoy7309 2017-06-08 01:24|| 2017-06-08 01:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Have they asked for an environmental report on the effects of a nuclear attack?

Posted by gorb 2017-06-08 01:36|| 2017-06-08 01:36|| Front Page Top

#5 Wait for the South Korean military leadership to have a quite talk with her.

Posted by Ulains Thuque6389 2017-06-08 02:55|| 2017-06-08 02:55|| Front Page Top

#6 Release plans to shift THAD over to protect Taiwan, Japan, and Guam and let South Korea realize they might be on their own.

Posted by rjschwarz 2017-06-08 11:26|| 2017-06-08 11:26|| Front Page Top

#7 As long as the THAAD radar is there, South Korea can haggle all they want. North Korea doesn't need its MRBMs to threaten South Korea anyway.

Posted by The peanut gallery 2017-06-08 11:27|| 2017-06-08 11:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Dammit, where am I gonna get spare parts for my KIA?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-06-08 11:55|| 2017-06-08 11:55|| Front Page Top

#9 The U.S. has already deployed two THAAD systems in South Korea.

The US has deployed 2 launchers (up to 6 in a battery) with 16 missiles before the SorKs squealed. Not much of a national missile defense.

Posted by Marilyn Gromorong4251 2017-06-08 12:34|| 2017-06-08 12:34|| Front Page Top

#10 I'd let the SKor military know that the days of American blood being shed for ungrateful and uncooperative nations is OVER. Don't go public, just....

Posted by Frank G 2017-06-08 18:51|| 2017-06-08 18:51|| Front Page Top

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