Pentagon Denies that the Trump Administration is Looking to Pull 4,000 Troops from Korea

You just knew someone was going to claim this at some point using anonymous sources:

The United States on Thursday denied a South Korean news report that it was considering withdrawing up to 4,000 troops from South Korea if it does not pay more for maintaining a 28,500-strong U.S. contingent deterring North Korean aggression.

South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported that the withdrawal of a U.S. brigade, typically 3,000 to 4,000 soldiers, had been discussed with the top brass of the U.S. military in South Korea, citing an unidentified diplomatic source in Washington.

The report came two days after the United States broke off defense cost talks after demanding that South Korea raise its annual contribution for maintaining the U.S. contingent to $5 billion, a South Korean official said, more than five times what it pays now, in rare discord in the alliance.

Reuters

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Flyingsword
Flyingsword
4 years ago

that’s to bad….

Larrice
Larrice
4 years ago

That’s always the claim in this site though.

Bill "setnaffa" Lumbergh
Bill "setnaffa" Lumbergh
4 years ago

“always”

Ummm… Yeah… No… I’m not going to go along with that, mmmkay? Let me send you another copy of the memo.

[Except for CH always cracking great jokes and Comfortable Chairs winning the photo ID competitions, we all bounce opinions around a lot]

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