06-29-2017, 05:32 PM
(06-29-2017, 03:53 PM)Benton Wrote: Current administration is pretty keen on them. Current Congress is not.
My personal thought: Leave.
South Korea is a trading partner and I don't think it's as bad as Trump has said of the deficit ($28 billion in a deficit is not destroying the US economy). But Korus isn't benefiting us, having a military presence there isn't benefiting us (maybe a handful of US companies, but not much), and keeping the North and South from fighting isn't benefiting us.
Like most of the world, we should pull our forces out, reduce our military spending by half and work on our own failing infrastructure/business climate.
I think you have to keep in mind that our military deployments have much more to do with than our own economy. Although WW3 isn't currently going on, the US is playing a game of chess just like everyone else with their military. The fear of war is still very real and our capabilities to strike our enemies plays a big role in our military placements around the world.
