South Korea’s Special Presidential Advisor Renews Opposition to THAAD and Hints at Ending US-ROK Alliance

The Steve Bannon of the President Moon administration may be putting out a trial balloon of the North Korea policy the ROK President may ultimately move towards:

Moon Chung-in

Meanwhile President Moon has declared a commitment to avoiding war no matter what, and last week Moon Chung-in, his special envoy for unification issues, approvingly stated that many South Koreans are ready to decouple the alliance in order to keep the peace. The Yonsei professor also renewed his opposition to the stationing of THAAD and called for recognition of the North as a nuclear power. While claiming not to speak for the president, despite his special status, he made sure to add that many people in the Blue House agree with him.

Let there be no doubt that Professor Moon is saying what President Moon would say if Kim Jong Un could just bring himself to sit quietly for a month or two. The envoy’s apparent function (his famous bluntness precluding any traditionally diplomatic one) is to habituate a domestic audience to messages the Blue House will issue in due course.  [B.R. Myers]

I highly recommend reading the entire article by ROK Drop favorite B.R. Myers at the link.  However, is anyone else seeing a possible perfect storm of events that could lead to a massive shake up in the US-ROK alliance?

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Flyingsword
Flyingsword
7 years ago

President Moon, now playing Nevill Chamberlain….

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
7 years ago

What was the name of this policy again?

Ah, yes… the…

Sorry Those Americans Bombed the Shît out of You but As You Can See, We Have Been Against War and Were Planning on Ending the Alliance so Please Don’t Shell Seoul Because We Are All Koreans and We Must Fight Together Against America and Japan Policy

Think it will work?

Mike Morgan
Mike Morgan
7 years ago

Let’s set the record straight. There is no argument over the choice between peace and war, but there is only one guaranteed way you can have peace — and you can have it in the next second — surrender.

–Ronald Reagan, A Time for Choosing (27 October 1964)

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