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Seoul (CNN)It's a bitterly cold, bleak day on a military base in South Korea.
People are milling around calmly, clutching hot coffees, making small talk. Kids are chasing each other around an air hangar.
It's hard to believe they are practicing a high-stakes emergency evacuation that simulates what would happen if North Korea invaded.
"In real life, everyone would be wearing masks, rushing through places," says mom of two Nicholle Martinez. "There would be chaos everywhere. It would be scarier."
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WNU Editor: Solomon's commentary at SNAFU is spot-on .... US military drills evacuation of civilians from S. Korea. (SNAFU). Just one more point .... I have been told that if the North Koreans are only a few miles from the suburbs of Seoul .... all bridges that cross the Han river will be destroyed. So if you cannot swim, or the water is too cold, and you are on the north side .... you are screwed.
Hat Tip to Jay for the links.
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Stay calm and return fire.
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Reallocation of assets to evacuate civilians, civilians clogging roads, airfields, hospitals and transport systems, being used as possible targets and/or hostages by an enemy requiring further reallocation of forces to defend - there should be NO family members in Korea at all. Or near any other foreign installation. The time to evacuate was yesterday.
"The time to evacuate was yesterday." So true. This is, at bottom, a power struggle between the two Koreas. We shouldn't allow ourselves to be used as a pawn by either side the way South Korea is currently using us.
Nevertheless South Korea made certain assumptions in how they allocated resources based upon what they thought we would do or could do and have generally been less unreliable than most and have generally not been as disrespectful to the United States and its people as most have. Also, we are going to need the support of this very important country in the world and they seem less disagreeable towards us than North Korea hence it makes sense to support them where and when possible.
In addition to supporting South Korea, we need to get all of our military personnel out of their country as soon as possible. To this end, I would suggest South Korea develop a nuclear deterant. This gives us at least two distinct benefits. 1.)In any nuclear exchange, attacks will probably be made against the United States by North Korean forces. They probably don't need an ICBM system. Simply use their operatives already in the United States. Such an attack would probably involve the use of "dirty bombs" and/or suitcase nuclear weapons. The United States is unlikely to risk the lives of millions of it's citizens in such an endeavor. Also, if the US uses it's nuclear arsenal or even thinks about it in defense of South Korea, others such as Russia and China are likely to respond in kind to protect their ally. Again, the US is not going to risk, in this case, the very survival of the country to defend South Korea, however, South Korea WILL likely use its arsenal of nuclear weapons as necessary to defend its country and its people. Such a situation will place a check on North Korea and its allies that currently does not exist. 2.)Such a move would allow us to redeploy our forces finally and once and for all. If we can help them, we should. Actually they probably don't need our help and will, in all likelihood, pursue this policy on their own regardless of what we do or say. In any event, our offer to help them here and being seen as productive would likely be good optics to the South Korean people and should help foster good relations with them for years to come.
What I meant was: any person on base or in camp that could not be enlisted into a fight was a liability - family members of soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines should not reside on base or in camp outside the U.S.'s borders. I have no problem defending South Korea or any other U.S. ally.
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