I think the key word in this article is “temporary”. What is temporary about the THAAD deployment to South Korea? Are North Korea’s missile going to magically disappear one day to where South Korea will no longer need the THAAD battery?:
Seongju residents gather on Aug. 30 after receiving letters from the Defense Ministry concerning the proposed deployment of four additional THAAD missile launchers. The sign is calling for those opposed to THAAD missile deployment to come to Soseong-ri, Seongju, North Gyeongsan Province on the day that the launchers are to be installed. (Provided by the Committee Opposed to THAAD Deployment)
Groups opposing the THAAD deployment are up in arms after revelations that Minister of Defense Song Young-moon sent a letter to Seongju and Gimcheon residents asking them for their “understanding” on the antimissile system’s temporary deployment. Groups working to oppose the THAAD deployment reported on Aug. 30 that Ministry of Defense officials, including active colonels and lieutenant colonels in the military, had traveled to the homes of around 20 people on Aug. 23–25 to deliver the letter from Song. The homes included those of the leaders of seven villages in the Seongju and Gimcheon areas, as well as the chairs of senior citizens’ and women’s associations, the groups said.
The letter stated that the temporary THAAD deployment was “unavoidable for a priority response to the North Korean threat.” “A temporary deployment means temporarily installing THAAD in open terrain with minimal preparations based on a small-scale environmental impact assessment, as opposed to completing the deployment after a general environmental impact assessment and the building of a permanently infrastructure,” it explained. [Hankyoreh]
Moon doesn’t really want the THAAD or any US troops in Korea. Releases these statements to purposefully upset protesters, ensuring more protests.
MTB Rider
7 years ago
“Temporary” is one of my favorite weasel words. How long is temporary?
We won’t let the Americans build a perminant building! We will, however, allow them to lease a building from us, thus stimulating the local economy. We just happened to have built a ready to lease building set to 110 vac, as opposed to a normal Korean building with 220 vac.
How long until the heat death of the universe? Anything less than that is “temporary.”
Smokes
7 years ago
What will end first? The THAAD deployment or the curfew? :hmm:
Moon doesn’t really want the THAAD or any US troops in Korea. Releases these statements to purposefully upset protesters, ensuring more protests.
“Temporary” is one of my favorite weasel words. How long is temporary?
We won’t let the Americans build a perminant building! We will, however, allow them to lease a building from us, thus stimulating the local economy. We just happened to have built a ready to lease building set to 110 vac, as opposed to a normal Korean building with 220 vac.
How long until the heat death of the universe? Anything less than that is “temporary.”
What will end first? The THAAD deployment or the curfew? :hmm: