[milhous]

As a US-born Korean, American interventionism really bothers me. As others have discussed what happens when America tries to "make the world safe for democracy", the South Korean people and its government should be the sole arbiters of how they want to deal with these problems, instead of waiting to get a permission slip from Washington. There should be only one military force in South Korea, a South Korean military, under the command of the South Korean president.

I don't think it would be so bad. Both countries would still remain allies, and South Korea would still be under the US nuclear umbrella. The hope is that there wouldn't be any of this embarrassing vacillation in policy you just described.

[barry-cotter]

Both countries would still remain allies, and South Korea would still be under the US nuclear umbrella.

Yeah,the US would totally be willing to launch nuclear weapons on behalf of the remains of South Korea.

I fail to see why you place such trust in the good intentions of the US if one of its protectorates tells it to fuck off.

[notastartup]

Question, Russia and China threatens to Nuke South Korea and United States too if it interferes. South Korea gets nuked first. Does United States head down towards mutually assured destruction over a country smaller than the size of Minnesota? I think that it's a nuclear umbrella with large holes in it.

[barry-cotter]

I agree with you. That's why the US troops are still in South Korea. South Korea is perfectly capable of defending itself but if there are no US troops to die in the first strike the US can do the sensible thing. But with them there North Korea soon becomes former North Korea.

And South Korea has slightly fewer people than France. It's not Minnesota.