Chung In Moon, a special adviser to President Moon Jae In for foreign affairs and national security. Jayine Chung / The Atlantic
Uri Friedman, The Atlantic: A Top Adviser to the South Korean President Wants to 'Get Rid Of' the U.S. Alliance
In an astonishing remark from an official working on North Korea negotiations, Chung In Moon says South Korea should eventually find new ways to ensure its security.
SEOUL, South Korea—A top adviser to South Korea’s president says he would eventually like to see the U.S.-South Korea alliance end. In language that sounded almost Trump-like, Chung In Moon, a special adviser to President Moon Jae In for foreign affairs and national security, said in an interview that alliances in general are a “very unnatural state of international relations” and said that, “for me, the best thing is to really get rid of alliance.” In the meantime, he says, he “strongly” supports “the continued presence of American forces” in Korea, despite hoping for an arrangement that he thinks would better serve his nation’s interests.
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WNU Editor: This South Korean adviser is "counting his eggs before they are hatched".
4 comments:
All he's saying is that he hopes for one day to see the end of such an alliance, and how it would mean peace and security for his nation. He's not saying he wants it to end, and certainly not now as long as N.Korea remains a threat.
But the media will certainly twist it in their own way.
"eggs before they are laid"
"chickens before they are hatched"
Thanks Bob.
I am usually thinking in English when I am writing in English. I think this time around I was thinking in Russian while writing in English. A very bad mixture.:)
You could have a mutual defense treaty or alliance without either of the countries stationing their troops in the other country.
The trick is without enough troops station in Korea a pusillanimous president would watch the Korea get invaded, say it is a good thing we had not troops there, we have no interest in Korea, and we certainly are not going to risk troops, so go ahead with your invasion.
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