Deep Kimchee

In Korea, the staple diet is an assorted number of very pungent veggies called Kimchee. Kimchee is best when fermented and is often done in earthen urns buried. When the fermenting process is somewhat worrisome and cumbersome, it is said to be "deep kimchee." The American and South Korea relationship is in deep kimchee. At our urging, the UN has put sanctions on North Korea in an attempt to stop or at least slow down the nuke process. South Korea has refused to cooperate. What does this say? Are we in deep kimchee? I think so.

Think about it. We have 130,000 troops stationed in Korea and have been there since the armistice in 1953. What is this? Ostensibly, we are protecting South Korea from a possible invasion. What? Deep kimchee. Does this make sense? South Korea has probably the best ground army in the world. They have conscription, they train, they are good. Why are we still there? And, why would we put up with them not even supporting our efforts to protect them?

Here is a suggestion. With the midterm elections, we expect that our world view of being the policemen to the hemisphere is going to change. Let's signal our change by getting out of Korea or greatly reducing our forces. Our own military is stretched to the max. We need more troops in Iraq. Let's take the ones from the ROK (Republic of Korea) and use them in Iraq. DEEP KIMCHEE!!