90% of South Koreans Say They Support U.S.-ROK Alliance
|This poll shows how small the number of Koreans with anti-U.S. views are in the ROK:
Most South Koreans expressed support for the South Korea-U.S. alliance despite ongoing tensions over burden-sharing, a new poll found Monday.
According to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, 90 percent of respondents said they either strongly support or somewhat support the alliance, similar to the 92 percent in December.
The survey, conducted on 1,000 adults in South Korea from June 23-25, also found that a unilateral withdrawal of American troops from South Korea is likely to undermine public support for the alliance.
That’s because the U.S. commitment to defend South Korea is closely linked to views of the alliance as mutually beneficial.
Eighty-two percent of the respondents said they are very confident or somewhat confident in the U.S. commitment to defend South Korea. Of those who are very confident, 78 percent said the alliance is mutually beneficial.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link, but unfortunately the anti-U.S. leftists in Korea have a big megaphone which can make it seem they are larger than what they really are.
I support the alliance, too, but we can maintain an alliance without actually having troops here.
It’s the crooked 1% that doesn’t.
Kevin, you’re right. We have alliances with many countries that don’t host tens of thousands of troops. And no US troops means no more middle-school girls pushed in front of “tanks” by commies…