Comments on: Camp Humphreys Relocation Talks Continue

By: Leon LaPorte

Leon LaPorte — Sun, 03 May 2009 22:22:42 +0000

I've seen it. And it is impressive. Yet, it is a drop in the bucket compared to what is needed. Folks from the Corps of Engineers will admit it (privately). Also, just knowing the way Koreans in general and USFK in particular, operate, I poo-pooed the original date, when it would all be done. The date keeps sliding to the right. No one will quote the 2012 date anymore. Now it's 2014-16. I'm just betting that its 2021 +/- 2 years when they "get 'er done".

Watching USFK and the Koreans negotiate is very similar to watching the Special Olympics.

By: Marcus Ambrose

Marcus Ambrose — Sun, 03 May 2009 16:50:51 +0000

Leon, if you are talking about the final move everyone out of Seoul, maybe. But I know for a fact that a lot of new facilities are definitely in process and the first moves are 2012. If you travel down there you can see the work in process.

By: USinKorea

USinKorea — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:26:58 +0000

I know in combat zones, they come up with the rotation scheme because they don't believe a soldier can handle indefinite combat (though they could in something like WWII).

I wonder — do they have a forced rotation system for these negotiations?

Or do they torture individual officers and such by forcing them to attend each and every get together on this issue year after year after year after year after year….?

Anyway, I can't even remember the last time I heard anything about the plan to move the US Embassy — another one of the oft discussed reasons why SK resented the US presence in its capital and that needed to change pronto — but once agreed to never seems to happen….

By: Leon LaPorte

Leon LaPorte — Sat, 02 May 2009 03:01:09 +0000

I said it the first time I heard about this fiasco, and I'll repeat it yet again. Prognosis: No sooner than 2021. At the earliest. Period. .

By: Nospam

Nospam — Sat, 02 May 2009 00:21:04 +0000

When will we ever learn to stop letting the bean counters make strategic decisions? They will always try to consolidate and eliminate redundancy, as if there's some inherent goodness in doing so. Any argument for avoiding a single-point-of-failure (or attack) gets an answer of how much money can be saved.

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For all of our assets are with me, in one place.

Thy rod and thy staff, they little comfort me.

Thou preparest a base that is the ultimate target.

My attacker's cup runneth over.