Comments on: Wartime Control Delayed to 2012

By: The final cut

The final cut — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:29:20 +0000

[...] #9 - February - War time operational control delayed to 2012. [...]

By: US Senators Criticize OPCON Transfer Date

US Senators Criticize OPCON Transfer Date — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:31:56 +0000

[...] was a big supporter of the 2010 OPCON transfer date until the ROK government decided to delay it to 2012. I said then that the 2012 transfer date would just give the South Korean government more time to [...]

By: It's Official, Seoul to Seek Further Operational Control Delays at ROK Drop

It's Official, Seoul to Seek Further Operational Control Delays at ROK Drop — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:41:28 +0000

[...] I said last year when the first operational control delay was announced that the Korean government was just buying more time to create further delays and this obvious assessment has been proven correct: [...]

By: The Host is Crap at ROK Drop

The Host is Crap at ROK Drop — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:29:24 +0000

[...] ones wanting to immediately give operational control of the ROK Army back to the Koreans and the Korean government is the one delaying this. The environmental pollution claims are also fraudulent and are quite ridiculous considering the [...]

By: MOGS

MOGS — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:44:30 +0000

Wait, the ROKs reneging or back-tracking on a supposedly done deal?

Oh no, they’ve NEVER pulled a stunt like that before, NEVER!

Seems like as much as has changed since I left there for good in ‘03, so much is still STANDARD

By: Mudville Gazette

Mudville Gazette — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:40:27 +0000

Dawn Patrol…

Welcome to the Dawn Patrol, our daily roundup of information on the War on Terror and other topics - from the MilBlogs and other sources around the world. If you’re a blogger, you can join the conversation. If you link……

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:30:52 +0000

You could argue the primary reason why SK hasn’t taken over the bases we’ve left yet is the environmental clean up payment issue.

I know that was the reason a year or two ago. That was in the news a good bit - about how hugely contaminated the abandonned bases were and what a national outrage it was that Korea had to pay for all or most of the cleanup costs, and how Korea was going to renegociate that point before they took them over.

I thought USFK had put its foot down on that one because of the amount of money it was costing to secure the bases with nobody on them but the Koreans refusing to take over.

I guess the foot going down didn’t really do anything….

By: Sergeant Sellout

Sergeant Sellout — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:58:25 +0000

I’ve been in Korea for a few years now and it does not surprise myself, that the decision that was made is what it is. After talking with a housing dept. manager, he stated that the post we prematurely turned over like, Essayons, Kyle, Sears, and Laguardia, has been turned over for more than a year and that the Korean govt has yet to assume the post, and sever our lease agreements. Basically we still have the posts, and they are not getting turned in on the excelerated time schedule, but back on the same schedule that had existed. It sounds to me like all this mission postering is just the same…. just talk. I seen the ROK assuming roles along a timeline that I think no-one would want to take credit for, good or bad. It is like the plan to turn Korea over has become a monster that has its own agenda, and its own course, and maybe no-one is in control of a true decision to do anything.

By: Jon Allen

Jon Allen — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 14:15:55 +0000

Ah yes, I see the problem.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:49:21 +0000

2012 will also be after 2 US presidential elections — which means the possibility of seeing 3 different mind-sets of our committment to Korea in office.

Given the nature of the US-SK alliance, and the fact we seem to be shifting to the status quo again, the 2012 transfer date and all else that isn’t slated to occur before 2009 or so is just a wish list like I used to make out before Christmas every year before I grew the fuck up….

I guess I’ll have to set aside money for the anti-US/USFK website in my will….