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Originally Posted by Platapus
Been there got the cheap t-shirts.  |
Your sir, have just earned my respect.
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Just because the United States has a defensive pact with South Korea does not mean that the US military is the tool of the South Korean government.
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Wholeheartedly agreed.
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To be brutally honest, and this is only my opinion, the two times I was over in Korea, I did not see anything that would be worth American lives.
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Apparently this is an opinion we both share. Glad to see im not completely out in the deep end.
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I am, admittedly, pretty picky over what we sacrifice American lives for. 
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Adashi, Agashi, Odgema, and Haroboji ain't worth it to me. Not the way i saw them treat us, and i saw ALOT of time away from "americanized areas" due to my job. Some have never seen us before, most hate our guts. Taegu is a good example. Not a place to be if your a GI.
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The United States spent a lot of tax dollars equipping and training the South Korean military forces.
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I don't think many people realize just how many tax dollars are being sunk into that pennensula. Nevermind the KATUSA's, there's all the army camps, two US Air bases, and WRM assets in warehouses. (Found an old 1950-1960, straight six stake bed truck in one of em. 3 on the column shifting, with less then 600 miles on it believe it or not)
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Frankly, if it were up to me, I would pull all American forces out of South Korea. Just because they want a 60 year old war going on, does not mean that we have to stay there.
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Whole heartedly agreed. When i was nieve, I went there thinking we were doing good. I left there royally embittered, but alot wiser.
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Originally Posted by Zachstar
Even if we were to break treaty and leave it would take years. You cant close a base overnight and also classified material would have to be carefully taken out. You cant do that in a panic.
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My unit could do a phase 3 mobility upload in 48 hours or less. That's when your unbolting the shop machinery and loading it on flatbeds.