The USA has been guarding the KOREAN border for 57 years is that long enough?

Question

57 years of guarding their worthless border...and refuse to guard our own border. Meanwhile the South Koreans are compeating with us in the world market

That is the US Government in action....keeping that fact in mind I figure we will be in IRAQ for at least 500 years.

Why does anyone respect the USA? Why would they we are the dumbest nation on the planet

Answer 1

More excellent foreign policy by the decider. There we sit gaurding the border of another country that publicly criticizes us and who's citizens hate us. never mind the fact that they've had half a century to raise a military big enough to gaurd their own border.
Kinda like Israel.

Answer 2

You should have thought about your question before asking it. North Korea has a much bigger military force than the South Koreans and American Forces combined. However, by occupying their country the South Koreans are safe from invasion. If we left all hell would break loose. We will leave in time once North Korea and South Korea can agree on terms for reuniting. In fact the majority of South Koreans want us there. So before you go and rant about how stupid the Americans are why don't you go ahead and analyze your questions more carefully and actually do some research on your own.

The same for Iraq. If we leave the country while it is unstable than the Iranians will invade. Plus you have to look at the strategic military locations that the US has all over the world. Now that we occupy Iraq, we are within fighting distance of Iran, Syria, Somalia, Israel, Pakistan, India, etc.. I'm not saying that we are going to invade, it is just nice to know that we are in good locations just in case someone were to get a wild hair up their asses.

Answer 3

Having served two tours in Korea, I completely disagree with your statement that the border between the two Koreas is "worthless." They think their border is about as worthless as you think ours is, and there's a big difference between the two examples.

The difference is that neither of our borders are with a country that is Communist, is openly aggressive, and has stated in plain language that their ultimate goal is to take over the entire country. The Koreans provide the lion's share of troops guarding the border; the US forces provide sentry stations and lookout posts, plus a few walking patrols, but the majority of troops that are actually 'guarding' the border are from South Korea.

As for how long we're going to be in Iraq, I think I'm very safe to say that you're wrong. I expect we'll be out within the next two years at the very most.

Might I suggest that you give both topics a tad more serious thought coupled with some basic research before you spout off again? That will keep YOU from looking like the dumb one.

FOR NICK: Kunsan, huh? You must have been with the 1/44th ADA, right? I was at Kunsan from 1979-1980 and at Taegu from 1989-1990.

Answer 4

The mission of the U.S. Forces in Korea is not just to guard that border. We are there to protect other democratic (allied) nations in the region (japan, thailand, laos,etc) from North korea and china. It is in our interests to have bases in strategic locations worldwide. This way we can exert our influence to protect our interests at the drop of a hat.

Now, we may be the "dumbest", as long as people like you spell the word competing like this...."compeating"

Answer 5

It’s the “trip wire” approach to an alliance. Having US troops on the boarder insures that if the North invades the South, the US will have to engage immediately.

Moving US troops south and away from the boarder will, theoretically, give the president some time to consider options in the event of hostilities.

Answer 6

57 years is quite a while. However, the world should have been established as a democracy during ww2. In world war 2 all the nationalist and communist nations should have been crushed.