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카불 공항 이륙한 비행기에 매달렸다 추락하는 영상 충격적
미군철수와 혼란..미국헤게모니에 대한 동맹국의 불신 확산

[출처: 중앙일보] [오병상의 코멘터리] 미군 아프칸철수..대만은? 한국은?

The truth is a 'FREE' money inevitably results in the corruption with no exceptions we saw throughout the history!

Two trillion dollars of our tax money the U.S. poured into Afghanistan through the last twenty year period was more than enough to cause such immense corruption! Simply enough! 

BB Lee

I am not sure... I have a different thought about the above.

Rather "미군 없으면 한국도 제2의 아프간 될 것" 보다

"미군 있으면 Korea도 Afghanistan 처럼 되지 않을가?"

Afghanistan에 미군이 아예 없었으면 지금의 Kabul 공항 사태가  있을까?

지금의 Kabul 비극은 미군이 있었기 때문이 아닐가?

What has happened in Afghanistan is a typical example of how the U.S. finishes

the business "Unfinished" all over the world. In a Korean phrase, "하다 말기".

Korean War was another good example where the U.S. ended with "Unfinished Business."

They always say it was because the people at home were tired of the war.

So was the Vietnam War and all other similar incidences over the world.

The moral of the story is "Not to help the U.S. in a war",

otherwise, you may be the "Kabul 활주로에 남아서 떠나가는 비행기 쳐다만 보고있는 오리 알".

The U.S. makes a grand glamorous start but always ends with a snake's tail, an "Unfinished Business".

Now, think about another war "in the 21st century" in the Korean Peninsula.

And think about the U.S. military helping the South Korean army in a war

against the North Korean and Chinese armies.

Will it end with a "Unification" or another armistice? The latter is most likely to happen again.

The American participation in a Korean event may end up to be another "Unfinished Job".

I would not count too much on the U.S. help. 

For the U.S., "style and image" is more important than the "final outcome".

Can't you see that in Afghanistan? Something to seriously think about...

Has the American military in South Korea been a blessing or a curse?

Korean War is the proxy war. The hosts of the war are China and the U.S.

And it has not ended. It was fought in Korea and Koreans shot each other 

for them. The armistice was basically signed between China and the U.S.

According to the armistice, U.S. troops should have been out of SK

because each side agreed to the withdrawal of their troops from Korean 

peninsula. If U.S. gave SK 2 trillion dollars and built the SK army and left 

SK just like in Afghanistan at some point after the war, 

what would have happened in Korea? I do not know, but she wouldn't be 

today's Afghanistan. Regardless, U.S. troops stayed violating the Armistice.

I see the resemblance with today's Afghanistan in Korea 1949-1950 at 

the beginning of the Korean War. On June 27, 1949, U.S. troops left SK.

A year later on June 25, 1950, NK invaded SK, and near 100,000 Korean troops 

collapsed in 3 days. I mean the entire nation's army was decimated. Korean 

War was fought by the U.S.  Korean Army was simply one of US army. Why?

Before the war, the US did not know the strategic importance of the Korean Peninsula for 

US national interest. But Truman administration acknowledged Korea as the foothold

for the enemies in the continent. The US has to defend Japan against China and Soviets.

Japan is at the forefront of the defense of the Pacific Ocean. But Japan is not connected 

to the continent by land. The US wanted to have the land base in SK. So the US has to secure 

SK for the defense of Japan. Therefore, they had to secure the Pacific Ocean

and the US Pacific coast against China and Soviets. 
 

When Soviets melted away and China softened up with the US, the strategic value of SK

became less important. But fortunately, China emerged as the rivalry of US and 

SK became even more important strategically to the US. US troops in SK will not leave 

even if SK wants them to leave. They will leave when the US can not find any 

strategic value in it. SK must defend herself in the end.

Remember the foreign troops are there to control a nation for them!

 따라서 중국이나 미국, 둘중의 하나가 한반도를 통일 시켜줄 의사가 없으면

통일은 불가능 한 것입니다. 잘 생각해 볼 일이지요.

통일 시켜줄 의사?  Unification? For what? Why they bother, Steve? No way, doc!

It ain’t gonna work as Koreans wish, either in SK or NK! 

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