Former USFK Commanders Hail the 70th Anniversary of the US-ROK Alliance
Here are some names I haven’t heard in a while congratulating the ROK on the 70th anniversary of the US-ROK Alliance:
This file photo, taken Sept. 26, 2013, shows then U.S. Forces Korea Commander Gen. James D. Thurman at the Cheong Wa Dae presidential office in central Seoul. (Yonhap)
A group of former commanders of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) on Wednesday hailed the alliance between South Korea and the United States ahead of its 70th anniversary next week, highlighting the two countries’ commitment to each other.
The six retired generals made the remarks in separate messages sent to the Korea-U.S. Alliance Foundation as the two countries are set to mark the anniversary of the 1953 signing of the Mutual Defense Treaty, a bedrock alliance document, Sunday.
The messages were sent by Ret. Gen. Thomas A. Schwartz, Ret. Gen. B. B. Bell, Ret. Gen. Walter L. Sharp, Ret. Gen. James D. Thurman, Ret. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti and Ret. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks.
Thurman, who served as the USFK commander from 2011 to 2013, described the treaty as the “glue” that kept the two countries together and expressed hopes for a reunited Korea.
“The mutual defense treaty between South Korea and the United States has remained the glue that has held the ROK-US Alliance together,” Thurman said, referring to South Korea by the acronym of its official name, the Republic of Korea.
Yonhap
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No Leon LaPorte?
Until 2025 when Trump reclaims the Presidency and this “alliance” is out the window again.
Early-onset dementia is what the chinabots are beginning to smell like…
Trump has no interest in throwing the alliance out the window.
He just no longer buys into “but we are a developing country” and feels Korea can, and should, cover a bit more of their defense bill.
As the chinabot(s) so often point out, I just want USKF to stay in Korea.
That is true.
But not because I want American GIs to experience Filipina prostitutes or stock up on cheap suits or stop the spread of northern agression or whatever fantasy the chinabot(s) have.
It is because, at the current rates, USFK is a great deal for Korea.
And since I am primarily a Korean taxpayer…
@Moose Knuckle, good point, it is kind of weird Leon LaPorte wasn’t included in this message.
We all miss Leon LaPorte.
Such a liar. This is the same Trump that admires Kim Jong Un and calls South Koreans ‘terrible people’ that isn’t paying the US enough
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump-defends-kim-jong-un-says-communist-despot-feels-threatened-by-u-s-military-exercises-with-south-korea/
But hey, don’t get me wrong. I just can’t wait for Trump to get elected. I’m pulling for his victory.
The left will suck up to agressive communists to squander resources and promote self-destructive ideology but seem unable to grasp the fundementals of long-term diplomacy.
This starts with not provoking them when they are being cooperative and not talking shìt when they are being agreeable.
Everywhere I look, I find evidence liberalism is a mental illness.