RkFast Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) If South Korea has a perfectly competent and strong military, and an economy more than capabile of supporting in and expanding it as needed why does the US continue to keep large numbers of troops in the DMZ? On edit...found some answers here: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071209231941AAmSh58. But any other feedback from our resident experts on such matters? Edited December 22, 2010 by RkFast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 That answer in the link is funny. 30,000 "ceremonial" troops? That's a helluva ceremony! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkFast Posted December 22, 2010 Author Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) That answer in the link is funny. 30,000 "ceremonial" troops? That's a helluva ceremony! I know....Yahoo Answers is like a Wikipedia run by drunk people, but you can find some nuggets of wisdom there from time to time. Edited December 22, 2010 by RkFast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pBills Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Doesn't North Korea have one of the world's largest active military personnel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peace Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) I know....Yahoo Answers is like a Wikipedia run by drunk people, but you can find some nuggets of wisdom there from time to time. Like sometimes there's perfectly good corn in my poop. "Largely ceremonial"...oh, and keeping North Korea from blasting into the south. Edited December 22, 2010 by Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB27 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 North Korea has an active military of roughly 1.1 million, but could maybe field 2x that by conscripting non-military persons. Whether or not they would be capable of fighting (non-military persons) would be the ultimate question. Could North Korea maintain the fight for very long without significant assistance from China, probably not. I suspect we are there because we don't want to let China have the final say in Korea. Global politics factors into it heavily. Japan probably wants us there more than the South Koreans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whateverdude Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 (edited) I think you'll find your answer in the national Geographic documentary called: Inside Undercover in North Korea.( Note: korea is not a strippers name) Watching this pissed me off from a human rights point of view Edited December 22, 2010 by whateverdude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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