Comments on: US-ROK agree to postpone talks on troop reductions http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/11/19/us-rok-agree-to-postpone-talks-on-troop-reductions/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 5 Dec 2008 08:39:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: usinkorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/11/19/us-rok-agree-to-postpone-talks-on-troop-reductions/#comment-684 usinkorea Thu, 20 Nov 2003 02:07:30 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=301#comment-684 Did you catch the AP article yesterday about the Rumsfeld talk in Korea? It was a very different take than what you get in the Korean press. If we look back over the past year when it comes to troop relocations and reductions, there has been a clear disconnect between how the Koreans want to portray how things are going and what has been coming from the US government. I'm not convinced by any means that Korea won't be successful in delaying and effectively killing major changes in USFK, but one thing is very clear, the US military wants those changes, including troop reductions, and the idea most likely has significant support in the Congress and maybe even the State Department. If Bush is re-elected, I don't think we will see 37,000 troops in Korea by the end of his term. If he and another republican take up the next 8 to 12 years, I don't know if you will see anything but a token force left in Korea. This doesn't mean a Democrat in the White House will be a whole lot different. They might not. Korea doesn't look like a great place to be in light of their attitutde toward the North and especially the global threat situation and the inflexibilty of USFK.....It should be an interesting couple of years... PING: TITLE: Eyes on Korea: 12-09-2003 BLOG NAME: Winds of Change.NET JAN 9/03 TOPICS INCL: Masterful analysis of reunification, Future of U.S. Forces Korea; South Koreans killed in Iraq; China & Korea fight over ancient history; Josh Marshall on Korean diplomacy; Riots; Bruce Cumings attacks; Hunger strikes; North Korea... Did you catch the AP article yesterday about the Rumsfeld talk in Korea? It was a very different take than what you get in the Korean press.
If we look back over the past year when it comes to troop relocations and reductions, there has been a clear disconnect between how the Koreans want to portray how things are going and what has been coming from the US government.

I’m not convinced by any means that Korea won’t be successful in delaying and effectively killing major changes in USFK, but one thing is very clear, the US military wants those changes, including troop reductions, and the idea most likely has significant support in the Congress and maybe even the State Department. If Bush is re-elected, I don’t think we will see 37,000 troops in Korea by the end of his term. If he and another republican take up the next 8 to 12 years, I don’t know if you will see anything but a token force left in Korea. This doesn’t mean a Democrat in the White House will be a whole lot different. They might not. Korea doesn’t look like a great place to be in light of their attitutde toward the North and especially the global threat situation and the inflexibilty of USFK…..It should be an interesting couple of years…

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TITLE: Eyes on Korea: 12-09-2003
BLOG NAME: Winds of Change.NET
JAN 9/03 TOPICS INCL: Masterful analysis of reunification, Future of U.S. Forces Korea; South Koreans killed in Iraq; China & Korea fight over ancient history; Josh Marshall on Korean diplomacy; Riots; Bruce Cumings attacks; Hunger strikes; North Korea…

]]> By: LCG http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/11/19/us-rok-agree-to-postpone-talks-on-troop-reductions/#comment-683 LCG Thu, 20 Nov 2003 01:56:28 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=301#comment-683 The high level Korean official is full of s***. Relocation talks are concluded. The USFK will move to Osan/Pyongteak or another location to be announced just prior to the the withdrawal of about 10K troops. The high level Korean official is full of s***. Relocation talks are concluded. The USFK will move to Osan/Pyongteak or another location to be announced just prior to the the withdrawal of about 10K troops.

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