Ontopic Poo-litical Thrad

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It always has to be something else. It's never solely because we are awesome people who want to protect the weakling from the bully. That's not good enough. There has to be something more we can take.


That’s to pacify some people. I’m sure we (the US) would and has performed acts without expecting anything in return but remember, just under half of us want a return that exceeds the effort we put in.

Look how pissed people got about our president giving a country it’s own money back.
 
North Korea could wipe out Seoul in about 10 minutes with a missile launch. The only reason they don't is because we have a large military presence on the border.

We have ~30,000 people stationed there.
Pretty sure there's 30,000 South Koreans that could handle that instead.
 
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See? Hips is right. The world needs to pull itself up by its bootstraps and put troops in place of the troops that we enable it with. What a pussy the world is.

You said "bootstraps", nukes. Didn't you know that's a big no-no?
 
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That’s to pacify some people. I’m sure we (the US) would and has performed acts without expecting anything in return but remember, just under half of us want a return that exceeds the effort we put in.

Look how pissed people got about our president giving a country it’s own money back.


Bolton was a member of PNAC. Their ambition was to topple 7 countries over there.
Here is a checklist.


Iraq
Libya
Syria
Iran
Sudan
Somalia
Lebanon


Progress is slow but steady
 
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We have ~30,000 people stationed there.
Pretty sure there's 30,000 South Koreans that could handle that instead.
The North isn't at all intimidated by the South. On the other hand they realize the hell they would be in for if they launched any type of attack on our 30,000 troops. The US would wipe them off the map.
 
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The North isn't at all intimidated by the South. On the other hand they realize the hell they would be in for if they launched any type of attack on our 30,000 troops. The US would wipe them off the map.

Apparently we can have bombers there in a day and have carrier group(s) with planes on them closer than that.
There's no reason to have 30000 of our guys there on the ground doing what the South Koreans should be doing for themselves, IMO.
 
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It is pretty nuts how Seoul is literally a cannon shot away.

Still, the North could get in what amounts to a sucker punch before getting their asses beaten raw and they know it.
The rest is all posturing and chest-beating to keep their own people in line.
 
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It is pretty nuts how Seoul is literally a cannon shot away.

Still, the North could get in what amounts to a sucker punch before getting their asses beaten raw and they know it.
The rest is all posturing and chest-beating to keep their own people in line.
Thank God we've got you here to explain geopolitics to us.