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Members of Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea hold a press conference to oppose the annual joint exercise between the South Korean and U.S. militaries called Key Resolve in front of the war command post of the Combined Forces Command located in Sungnam City, Gyeonggi Province, March 8. Key Resolve, which began on the same day, has received intense criticism from North Korea. The North Korean army issued a statement in which it ordered its army forces to assume a battle position in response to the Key Resolve exercise on March 7.
Via the Hankyoreh.
7:59 am on March 10th, 2010 1
Chinboista dupes.
8:28 am on March 10th, 2010 2
The picture didn't download. Was this at CP TANGO?
8:37 am on March 10th, 2010 3
Useful idiots…
12:41 pm on March 10th, 2010 4
The PC wannabes, regardless of the consequences. (The Barny mentality). Apparently no comprehention of the disaster at their doorstep waiting to happen. Through war or reconciliation.
12:58 pm on March 10th, 2010 5
Yes I believe this was a CP Tango.
1:15 pm on March 10th, 2010 6
They wouldn't be able to protest if there was a sea of fire…
5:47 pm on March 10th, 2010 7
The U.S. is pretty good at war, they make it a lot and win it a lot. And lose sometimes. If this exercise helps the koreans to defend themselves so the U.S. can leave, why are they protesting?
8:15 pm on March 10th, 2010 8
Excellent point if it wasn't for the fact that the US never leaves.
9:45 pm on March 10th, 2010 9
Ask the PI about that.
The US doesn't stay where it is not wanted. The Koreans could have their parliament vote next week to dissolve the US-ROK alliance and yankee will go home. However, we all know that isn't going to happen because the US-ROK alliance is still beneficial to both sides.
10:21 pm on March 10th, 2010 10
Yep, we've left a whole bunch of places. Among them are Cuba, Germany (though we came back with a vengeance), Vietnam, Lebanon, PI and Somalia. The problem isn't necessarily getting the US to leave. As I stated before, its coaxing us back when we are needed.
11:30 pm on March 10th, 2010 11
Technically, you are still in Cuba.
You're also still in Germany (Heidelberg) and the Philippines (Operation Enduring Freedom).
As for Vietnam and Lebanon (1984?)…Well, it's not like you really had a choice.
That leaves Somalia…Mmm, okay. That sure turned out great for them.
11:44 pm on March 10th, 2010 12
Teadrinker,
Let's see the Canadian military according to their webpage has 24,000 deployable soldiers with 5,200 of them currently deployed overseas.
http://www.comfec-cefcom.forces.gc.ca/pa-ap/ops/i…
So that is roughly 25% of the Canadian military in 12 different countries.
http://www.comfec-cefcom.forces.gc.ca/pa-ap/ops/o…
This doesn't even include the normal Canadian troop stationings in countries like the US, Australia, and Britain. I once attended a military training class that the instructor was Canadian.
So why won't all these Canadian soldiers just leave and go home?
3:34 am on March 11th, 2010 13
"Technically, you are still in Cuba."
Guantanamo doesnt really count for the purposes here. Its not like this coaling station has ever been used to help potential allies in Cuba.
"You’re also still in Germany (Heidelberg) and the Philippines (Operation Enduring Freedom)."
I conceded we went back into Germany. I would hardly count a handful of SF types as "still in" The Philippines.
"As for Vietnam and Lebanon (1984?)…Well, it’s not like you really had a choice."
Irrelevant. And Vietnam is a perfect example of what I was getting at. We left, RVN asked for our help in 1975 and we declined.
"That leaves Somalia…Mmm, okay. That sure turned out great for them."
The key issue with Somalia is could they coax us back?
9:00 am on March 11th, 2010 14
Teadrinker is missing the fact that when asked the US left. Period. If Germany asks, bye. If Korea asks, bye. Japan said 'get the marines out', marines are leaving.
Where, other than Cuba, is the US staying they they were asked to get out?
9:48 am on March 11th, 2010 15
Uzbekistan
Teadrinker, you don't do very much other than teach English, do you?
11:15 am on March 11th, 2010 16
I'm pretty sure that the US military presence in the Philippines is beneficial to both sides. Isn't there a sizeable anti-terrorism related funding package thrown in there as well? For a country still battling Islamic militants, it would be pretty silly to send US military advisors packing, and tear up the bank cheques.
10:41 pm on March 11th, 2010 17
That is the point no? For all the anti-US rhetoric and demonstrations, the ROK government has yet to present a US with a request to leave.
A bunch of people ranting "GI go home" is not an official request to leave from state to state. A politician decrying the US during a political pep-rally in an attempt to garner nationalistic support is not an official request to leave.
All "poor little Korea" would need to do is have their governing body present the US state department with a letter / law asking us to leave their country. The Philippines did it and we promptly left. The SOFA is a two way document, any host nation can rescind their part overnight, which would immediately require the US to leave their soil. This is international law, the US wouldn't have a choice in the matter.
So if little Korea is being so oppressed by the evil American military, why don't they just have their congress (or parliament or whatever governing body they have) formally ask us to leave? They are elected officials, if enough of those oppressed raped Korean's protest then their governing body will do this thing (else face not being elected again).
The fact of the matter is Korea as a state (read: sovereign nation) does not want the US to cease military operations. The state ~WANTS~ the military present in the ROK, there is a significant economic benefit to having another nation pay for your national defense.
Heck KR10 is being RUN by the ROK's for crying out loud. Its their damn exercise, not ours (anymore).