South Korean Leader Skips Pelosi Visit

[former9thward]

SEOUL—South Korea’s president, in the middle of his summer vacation in Seoul, didn’t meet face-to-face with visiting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, becoming the only Asian leader on the U.S. lawmaker’s trip to skip a get-together.

Mrs. Pelosi (D., Calif.) met this week with the prime ministers of Singapore and Malaysia. On Wednesday, she sat down with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. The trip concluded in Tokyo, where Mrs. Pelosi had breakfast Friday with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

Skipping an in-person meeting with Mrs. Pelosi was a decision made "considering the overall national interest" of South Korea, a spokesman for Mr. Yoon said without elaborating.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/vacationing-south-korean-president-wont-meet-pelosi-in-person-11659594726?mod=newsviewer_click

I really think it time to withdraw our troops from South Korea.

[at140]

1. Withdraw from all 900

foreign military posts.

https://usdebtclock.org

[NoRethugFriends]

9. Brilliant idea, well thought out

[uponit7771]

2. She was meeting with Taiwan's leadership, why would SKorean's be involved ?!

[Lancero]

4. She was meeting with the leaders of our assorted Asian allies in the region.

Not just Taiwan.

[Caliman73]

5. She met with several heads of states from countries around Asia.

Story said, she met with the leaders of Malaysia, Singapore, and Japan as well.

[leftieNanner]

6. This was a multiple country swing in Asia

South Korea was a separate stop from Taiwan.

[TheProle]

3. He should have met with her

but that whole area is a powder-keg, so I'm not informed enough to judge the wisdom of his decision.

I don't think offending the speaker was the goal.

[Tetrachloride]

7. i see no logic in withdrawal from Korea

meanwhile here is an overview

https://www.businessinsider.com/south-koreas-military-modernization-bigger-problem-than-north-korea-2021-2

[Crazyleftie]

8. I agree, that was a goofy statement

[former9thward]

10. We have been in S. Korea for 72 years.

Don't you think that is enough time for them to be able to defend themselves? How long is long enough? 500 years? We have never won an Asian war since 1945 even though we have lost nearly 100,000 lives in various military actions there during that period. That record will not improve. It is a waste of our resources.