Comments on: US Seeking to Relocate 8th Army Command to Hawaii

By: CartoottTurB

CartoottTurB — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:15:11 +0000

thats it, bro

By: carl hungus

carl hungus — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:06:46 +0000

daniel,

South Korea shits on us whenever it is convenient. I feel zero sympathy for them and their problems. A little starvation time under the Norks might help the ungrateful ones to genuflect on the error of their narcissistic ways. Too many Americans have died there already, and the generation that respected them in Korea is dying out.

By: daniel

daniel — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:41:35 +0000

Great idea, let's pull all the troops from Korea. While we're at it, we can empty out Japan, Germany, Italy.. MAYBE, JUST MAYBE even Iraq and Afghanistan.. Brilliant Idea Mike, but there is one thing. Who will protect all these countries (allies) when they are attacked? Germany and Japan i would say have a chance, South Korea on the other hand, with North K, and China only Kilometers away would be obliverated. Italy would be O.K. for a while, but then all these countries are going to look at the U.S. and wonder why all of our troops are in the U.S. To be honest with you, I love my job, and all the allies named above. Don't see ANY reason why we should abandon these countries.

By: USFK Confirms Talks of 8th Army Headquarters Move

USFK Confirms Talks of 8th Army Headquarters Move — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:22:32 +0000

[...] looks like the move of the 8th Army Headquarters to Hawaii is coming closer to one day being a reality: South Korean and U.S. defense officials are discussing [...]

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By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:04:45 +0000

Your right! See they have had plenty of time to prepare for the US to hand everything back to them and let them start taking care of there own problem/problems (North Korea). Who cares who they blame we always get blamed for everything anyways.

Pulling out the forces is one of many options we have it just needs to happen, thats all.

By: shattered

shattered — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:26:36 +0000

"So its time to stop baby sitting the Koreans and move on to bigger and better things."

Korea will never let the USA just leave and move on. Look at how they treat the Japanese. The Japanese helped Korea up from a crippled savage society in shambles. Korean lived in huts like in Africa when the Japanese came. Koreans had an average lifespan of 24 years when the good Japanese started to help them. After the Japanese lost WWII the Koeran lived to an average age of 48.

The USA will be harassed for the next 100 years for all their "wrongs". If you don't belive me, look how the Koreans are treating issues like polution or "war crimes". Trust me these issues will blow up when the the USK leaves.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:16:31 +0000

Pull out the needed forces that are needed in other areas like Iraq or Ash-can-in-a-stan. Im sure the DAKS can handle the Northern DAKS with no problems and if they cant o-well they have had plenty of time to prepare for it! So its time to stop baby sitting the Koreans and move on to bigger and better things.

By: Apple Pie

Apple Pie — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 22:56:51 +0000

If the US leaves, it would look like the scene in Apocalypse Now where Willard and the PBR are at the “last outpost” and the soldiers are franticly wadding out into the water to climb onto the boat for their only chance to leave.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:54:21 +0000

It will certainly be tied to the beef issue in Korean society — no matter how old the ideas have been in play.

That was exactly what happened in 2000 at the end of The Great Water Dump — and is what helped end that almost year long protest movement. That was the first time the USFK reformation planning had reached a final draft version, but the working out of details had been noted for several years before that, but when the Korean press reported it as a "sudden, unilateral decision" by USFK, even the Korean Defense Department got amnesia — saying that the only thing that had been discussed with them was the shutting down of a few isolated US bases no longer in use…

In early 2003, Donald Rumsfeld actually played into Korea's habit, while trying to get Korea to move forward with the base relocation plan, by saying USFK would leave just as soon as Korea asked it to, and by announcing the pull out of 1/3rd or 1/4th of the troops anyway (I forget the exact percentage announced).

With the US media somewhat paying attention, this news item about moving out the command might bring this Cows Gone Wild!! Hysteria to an end…