Defense Minister Kim Jang-soo, during a meeting with Pres.-elect Lee Myung Bak, “criticized” the current administration’s handling of the USFK’s move to Pyongtaek. Specifically, he stated that “because of the current administration bringing up the issue of the move first, the ROK was left in a position of burdening the entire cost of the move.” The Defense Minister also told Lee that “any attempt to renegotiatie the wartime command transfer will result in the ROK burdening the entire cost of the transfer, and that it is better to talk about the delay after the command transfer plan is implemented on 2009.”
Well, now we know how some in the Korean government feel about the move, the command transfer, and shouldering the so called cost burden of the move and transfer.
