South Korea does not want to be the doggie anymore

South Korea was the doggie that always sent troops to fight alongside the USA. South Korea provided three hundred thousand rotating troops to fight in Vietnam for the USA during the War. Vietnam should always remember what the South Koreans did and keep that in mind. The same as China remembering the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese and not allowing it to fade from memory.

Now South Korea says it is not sending troops to fight for the USA in the Iran War, which riled Trump. I believe it is providing arms and ammunition, nevertheless. Lest we forget, some THAAD defensive missiles were moved out of South Korea to Israel. This shows who matters more to the USA when the shit hits the fan. Trump is unable to rein in Kim Jong Un at all, and this is another worry for the South Koreans.

The reason why South Korea is rethinking its position over the Iran War sounds obvious, as Iran controls the Strait of Hormuz, will always be around, and the oil shipments out of the Gulf matters to South Korea. South Korea knows what this all means if the USA cannot win the war against Iran and leaves eventually.

South Korea knows its position very well in East Asia too, with the North Koreans already a big enough problem. Which is why Lee Jae Myung wants to end the war footing that has been ongoing for more than seventy years since 1950. The war is still on theoretically, with the truce just holding. How long do you think the USA can remain in South Korea? Hong long do you think the North Koreans will remain on the Korean Peninsula? I believe the South Koreans have now realized the USA is not going to be there forever, while the North is not going away.

The South Koreans already saw what is happening in the Persian Gulf. The USA could not even defend its military establishments over there. In a war with the North Koreans and China, the same is going to happen here. So, better for South Korea to hedge its bets on certainty rather than risk it all.


Anonymous