06-29-2019, 10:03 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-29-2019, 10:07 AM by Tim Randal Walker.)
Just looked at a tweet by Peter Zeihan, who has written a couple books about international affairs.
It looks like Trump is thinking of pulling the USA out of the defense pact with Japan.
If so, that implies a withdrawal of the U.S. military from northeast Asia. Japan-which served as a staging area during the Korean War-has U.S. military bases.
A departure from Japan implies a similar departure from South Korea. Which would in turn open the possibility of a deal with North Korea.
It looks like Trump is thinking of pulling the USA out of the defense pact with Japan.
If so, that implies a withdrawal of the U.S. military from northeast Asia. Japan-which served as a staging area during the Korean War-has U.S. military bases.
A departure from Japan implies a similar departure from South Korea. Which would in turn open the possibility of a deal with North Korea.