US WITHDRAWAL FROM KOREA
US WITHDRAWAL FROM KOREA UNDER NEW MILITARY DOCTRINE
US is now trying to get out of Korea so that they don't become bogged down with the ground war if a war breaks out again after US bombs North Korean nuclear facilities. Koreans are now left on their own to defend themselves.
This new US military strategy, called flexible response, is a very interesting new development and South Koreans, who are taken by surprise, are arguing whether it is worth to maintain alliance with US.
One thing is certain. US will never repeat the mistake of the Korean War which ended in truce after sacrificing 40,000 US soldiers killed and leaving Korean peninsular still divided. MacArthur's decision to intervene in the Korean conflict was a great strategic blunder based on misjudgment of North Korean military capabilities and possible Chinese intervention.
Now, Korean peninsular with nuclear armed North Korea in north is quickly becoming an undesirable burden to US who now lacks viable option to deal with North Korea except a war and such an option, which means complete destruction of their country, is unacceptable to South Koreans.
So-called flexible response by US may be a euphemism for honorable retreat from North East Asia which has come under the sphere of Chinese influence and recognition that era of US domination in the area is now over. Does this mean that US is retreating to the old Atcheson line?
(Note: The Atcheson line is a US defense line drawn by Secretary of State Dean Atcheson before the Korean War and running across the Korean Straight between Korean peninsula and Japan. This defense doctrine was arbitrarily breached by Gen. MacArthur.)
US is now trying to get out of Korea so that they don't become bogged down with the ground war if a war breaks out again after US bombs North Korean nuclear facilities. Koreans are now left on their own to defend themselves.
This new US military strategy, called flexible response, is a very interesting new development and South Koreans, who are taken by surprise, are arguing whether it is worth to maintain alliance with US.
One thing is certain. US will never repeat the mistake of the Korean War which ended in truce after sacrificing 40,000 US soldiers killed and leaving Korean peninsular still divided. MacArthur's decision to intervene in the Korean conflict was a great strategic blunder based on misjudgment of North Korean military capabilities and possible Chinese intervention.
Now, Korean peninsular with nuclear armed North Korea in north is quickly becoming an undesirable burden to US who now lacks viable option to deal with North Korea except a war and such an option, which means complete destruction of their country, is unacceptable to South Koreans.
So-called flexible response by US may be a euphemism for honorable retreat from North East Asia which has come under the sphere of Chinese influence and recognition that era of US domination in the area is now over. Does this mean that US is retreating to the old Atcheson line?
(Note: The Atcheson line is a US defense line drawn by Secretary of State Dean Atcheson before the Korean War and running across the Korean Straight between Korean peninsula and Japan. This defense doctrine was arbitrarily breached by Gen. MacArthur.)
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