I’ll grant for the sake of compliance that U.S. involvement with Korea has been exclusively negative, and that the U.S. is the principle engine of the world’s problems. There’s certainly no sense in arguing over that issue here. I’m also not interested in arguing the points Vlad and others seem to be making. I’d simply like to know if they believe them or not. Is this an arrogant request?

Here are the main (possible) points.

1. The U.S. is planning to invade China.
2. South Korea is a true colony (not metaphorical) of the United States.
3. The U.S. is equivalent to Germany under the Third Reich.
4. There was no qualitative difference between the Soviet and American spheres during the Cold War.
5. The Korean government is being forced by the U.S. to relocate troops to Pyongtaek and other places.

Again, this is not to stimulate more discussion. I just want to clearly understand what you believe.

Of course, as research has shown, Sweden and even more Austria leaned heavily for the Western camp in military and economic ways often only clear in the aftermath of the Cold War. However, I would hardly call it delusional thinking to wonder why Norway, for example could not have suceeded had it chosen not to join NATO and joining Sweden to form a neutral scandinavian defence union. We are fortunate enough to have access to materials now that help us better evaluate the circumstances in each case – but I don’t think a kind of Cold War triumphalism that is common in the US today gives us anywhere near an accurate picture.

I feel for the residents who have nowhere to go, but this is something the Korean government should take care of. If Koreans still want US troops here, they have to put them somewhere. If not, then get the troops out, dissolve the military umbrella protecting Korea and let Koreans do what they want in the region.