United $tates angling for post-reunification military presence in 
Korea

So you think that if south and north Korea signed a peace treaty 
and took meaningful steps towards reunification, the united $tates 
would have to remove its 37,000 troops stationed in Korea? You may 
be wrong.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Kim Dae Jung, 
president of the puppet south Korean regime, said that u.$. troops 
should remain in Korea even after reunification, "to preserve 
stability and the balance of power in Northeast Asia." Regardless 
of our overall assessment of the north Korean government, it is 
absolutely correct to insist on removal of u.$. troops as a 
precursor to reunification. How can the Korean people exercise 
true self-determination with imperialist troops on Korean soil?

And the u.$. military presence does not just affect Koreans. It 
threatens China, Russia, and Japan, for starters. At least five 
bourgeoisies -- Amerikan, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian -
- are competing for markets in northeast Asia. U.$. troops are 
there to give the Amerikan bourgeoisie a brutal edge. They 
increase, rather than decrease, the risk of war in the region.

Kim sought to cover up his utter capitulation by quibbling over 
the details of the legal status of u.$. troops in Korea. According 
to the LA Times, "Kim said the agreement must be revised quickly 
to prevent anti-American sentiment from developing." Whoops -- too 
late. Kim must have missed the thousands who marched in Seoul on 
the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War demanding that 
u.$. troops leave.

Imperialist powers use brutal force to subjugate their colonies 
and neo-colonies. They have used brutal force to divide and re-
divide the world amongst themselves. Those who are truly concerned 
with peace, with eradicating the scourge of war once and for all, 
must oppose imperialism. The weapons of modern militarism could 
destroy the humyn species -- not to mention the environmental 
destruction wrought by monopoly capitalism -- so our struggle is 
urgent and we must make use of the most potent weapon the 
oppressed have: Organization united behind the correct line. 


United $tates angling for post-reunification military presence in 
Korea

So you think that if south and north Korea signed a peace treaty 
and took meaningful steps towards reunification, the united $tates 
would have to remove its 37,000 troops stationed in Korea? You may 
be wrong.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Kim Dae Jung, 
president of the puppet south Korean regime, said that u.$. troops 
should remain in Korea even after reunification, "to preserve 
stability and the balance of power in Northeast Asia." Regardless 
of our overall assessment of the north Korean government, it is 
absolutely correct to insist on removal of u.$. troops as a 
precursor to reunification. How can the Korean people exercise 
true self-determination with imperialist troops on Korean soil?

And the u.$. military presence does not just affect Koreans. It 
threatens China, Russia, and Japan, for starters. At least five 
bourgeoisies -- Amerikan, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Russian -
- are competing for markets in northeast Asia. U.$. troops are 
there to give the Amerikan bourgeoisie a brutal edge. They 
increase, rather than decrease, the risk of war in the region.

Kim sought to cover up his utter capitulation by quibbling over 
the details of the legal status of u.$. troops in Korea. According 
to the LA Times, "Kim said the agreement must be revised quickly 
to prevent anti-American sentiment from developing." Whoops -- too 
late. Kim must have missed the thousands who marched in Seoul on 
the anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War demanding that 
u.$. troops leave.

Imperialist powers use brutal force to subjugate their colonies 
and neo-colonies. They have used brutal force to divide and re-
divide the world amongst themselves. Those who are truly concerned 
with peace, with eradicating the scourge of war once and for all, 
must oppose imperialism. The weapons of modern militarism could 
destroy the humyn species -- not to mention the environmental 
destruction wrought by monopoly capitalism -- so our struggle is 
urgent and we must make use of the most potent weapon the 
oppressed have: Organization united behind the correct line.