Screamapillar said:
The United States and other interventionist nations belonging to the UN won't allow that to happen. No politician in the US that wants to be re-elected will suggest publicly that we withdraw from the de-militarized zone on the Korean peninsula. It would be career suicide. People will say that we don't support the troops and we will be laying off some of the military when they need jobs and to stay employed. Even though, you know, we've been there since the 1950's and are still there for no apparent reason, with absolutely no end in sight. Politicians and the military higher-ups will cling to as much power as they can for as long as they can, regardless of whether or not there is any valid reason to do so. Sad as it is, it's the truth. |
This is untrue.
It is the stated goal of successive South Korean governmnets to seek peaceful reunification, a goal the US Government openly (and genuinely) supports. I will grant you that the US would not relish this occuring in such a way that brings SK under NK control, or brings China down close to the current border between the two Koreas. But by the same token, China would prefer not to have a US-allied Korea on it's doorstep. Regardless, the US Military is stretched worldwide, it would actually suit their purposes enormously if they could withdraw from Korea, and have an enlarged and (eventually) strengthened and unified Korea as an ally.
A recent report outlined the need for future planning for reunification after an NK collapse, and was heavily cited in Western media:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR331.html
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