http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/10/spy-scandal-indictments/ Serving on the Forgotten Frontier Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:28:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/10/spy-scandal-indictments/#comment-90035 OneFreeKorea » Which ‘Major Government Offices’ Contained N. Korean Moles? Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:27:15 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/10/spy-scandal-indictments/#comment-90035 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Spy Scandal Indictments at ROK Drop said, [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Spy Scandal Indictments at ROK Drop said, [...]

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/10/spy-scandal-indictments/#comment-33770 MilBlogs (Daily Archive) Wed, 09 May 2007 08:44:36 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/10/spy-scandal-indictments/#comment-33770 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] also have the Fifth Column in South Korea, organized by North Korean agents that want to stop the move because North Korea wants to keep 2ID and USFK locked into their current [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] also have the Fifth Column in South Korea, organized by North Korean agents that want to stop the move because North Korea wants to keep 2ID and USFK locked into their current [...]

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/10/spy-scandal-indictments/#comment-1041 Camp Humphreys Relocation to Be Delayed? at ROK Drop Wed, 13 Dec 2006 07:07:38 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/10/spy-scandal-indictments/#comment-1041 [...] Those of us who have served in Korea for awhile knew the 2008 timeline wasn’t going to happen, but 2013 give me a break? The Korean government has never wanted to allow the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys just like they have never really wanted to take operational control from USFK either. Both the Yongsan and the operational control issues have long served as great cannonfodder by South Korean politicians looking to demagoge the issue to their own political advantage. Plus the Koreans have never wanted to fully fund the move despite all the prime real estate they are gaining from the closed out USFK facilities. Heck they won’t even properly fund the US-ROK Alliance while giving over a billion dollars to North Korea a year! You also have the Fifth Column in South Korea, organized by North Korean agents that want to stop the move because North Korea wants to keep 2ID and USFK locked into their current locations that are well within artillery range of North Korea which would mean their easy destruction during war time. Additionally the locations of the bases, particularly Yongsan have been completely surrounded by urban cities which has led to accidents and incidents with the Korean public that gets demagoged by the North Korean sponsored anti-US activists groups in order to draw a wedge between USFK and the general Korean public. The consolidation of US forces would remove all US forces out of North Korean artillery range and additionally under the ballistic missile protection of US Army PATRIOT missile batteries. This would create better force protection for USFK forces along with giving USFK commanders more flexibility during war time. [...] [...] Those of us who have served in Korea for awhile knew the 2008 timeline wasn’t going to happen, but 2013 give me a break? The Korean government has never wanted to allow the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys just like they have never really wanted to take operational control from USFK either. Both the Yongsan and the operational control issues have long served as great cannonfodder by South Korean politicians looking to demagoge the issue to their own political advantage. Plus the Koreans have never wanted to fully fund the move despite all the prime real estate they are gaining from the closed out USFK facilities. Heck they won’t even properly fund the US-ROK Alliance while giving over a billion dollars to North Korea a year! You also have the Fifth Column in South Korea, organized by North Korean agents that want to stop the move because North Korea wants to keep 2ID and USFK locked into their current locations that are well within artillery range of North Korea which would mean their easy destruction during war time. Additionally the locations of the bases, particularly Yongsan have been completely surrounded by urban cities which has led to accidents and incidents with the Korean public that gets demagoged by the North Korean sponsored anti-US activists groups in order to draw a wedge between USFK and the general Korean public. The consolidation of US forces would remove all US forces out of North Korean artillery range and additionally under the ballistic missile protection of US Army PATRIOT missile batteries. This would create better force protection for USFK forces along with giving USFK commanders more flexibility during war time. [...]

]]> http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/10/spy-scandal-indictments/#comment-1029 Pyeongtaek Residents Weigh In on USFK Relocation at ROK Drop Tue, 12 Dec 2006 11:21:16 +0000 http://rokdrop.com/2006/12/10/spy-scandal-indictments/#comment-1029 [...] First of all let me say I am always skeptical of polls taken in Korea, but the results on this one sound about right.  Basically you have over 60% of the population who either support or don’t care one way or the other about the relocation of USFK to Camp Humphreys.  I actually find these numbers encouraging because for the last year the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys has been hit with constant anti-US demonstrations organized by North Korean agents and the issue has been demagoged continuously by Korean activists and politicians to advance their own agendas.  Heck the demagoging of the Camp Humphreys issue was even picked up by American leftist Cindy Sheehan.  Despite all of this the leftists and spies still couldn’t sway the majority of public opinion in Pyeongtaek against the relocation.  It is an encouraging sign that the South Korean love affair with leftism and anti-Americanism is slowly waning. [...] [...] First of all let me say I am always skeptical of polls taken in Korea, but the results on this one sound about right.  Basically you have over 60% of the population who either support or don’t care one way or the other about the relocation of USFK to Camp Humphreys.  I actually find these numbers encouraging because for the last year the USFK relocation to Camp Humphreys has been hit with constant anti-US demonstrations organized by North Korean agents and the issue has been demagoged continuously by Korean activists and politicians to advance their own agendas.  Heck the demagoging of the Camp Humphreys issue was even picked up by American leftist Cindy Sheehan.  Despite all of this the leftists and spies still couldn’t sway the majority of public opinion in Pyeongtaek against the relocation.  It is an encouraging sign that the South Korean love affair with leftism and anti-Americanism is slowly waning. [...]

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