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(10-25-2017, 08:42 AM)Benton Wrote: Outside of providing stability to gas prices, no.

Outside of genocide, there’s nothing that’s going to settle conflicts there. It’s unfortunate, but we aren’t going to resolve conflicts that old with a couple decades of occupation. If anything, Korea has taught us that. And that’s another area that doesn’t provide much outside of giving us a great strategic advantage in the event of a war in Asia.

"Settling conflicts," at least in some final sense, isn't always the point.  Nor is stopping genocide.

I get a different lesson from Korea. The South, along with Japan, has remained free and both are strong economic partners of the US.

That would not be the case had the US had simply pulled out of Korea in '45, and out of the region altogether. That the Korean conflict has not been "settled" in some final sense does make 70 years of US policy there a failure.

If the US pulls out of the region, then South Korea might loose its independence at the cost of many lives, and Japan might be next.  And our confrontations with a more powerful China and Korea are a thousand miles closer to California.

I could make a similar case for the Middle East, especially now that the Iran deal is in place.  Our costly foreign policy fiascos have been more the result of our bad choices, implemented against good advice and historical precedent, than any inherent problem with supporting international order.  Our security is not separate from that of the Middle East and East Asia.