Former US Forces Korea (USFK) commander Gen. B. B. Bell has issued a statement today calling for the US to scrap the oft-delayed plan to transfer operational control over forces on the Korean Peninsula to South Korea, saying the threat is “too great.”
Under the current system, the US Forces Korea commander is in charge if war breaks out, with the top South Korean general taking up a deputy post. The plan to swap those two positions was supposed to go into effect in 2012, but was delayed to 2015 after tensions rose in 2010.
With another round of tensions coming annually during the US-South Korean drills, it is perhaps inevitable that there would be more chances to delay, but Gen. Bell says that transfer should be “permanently postponed.”
So far the USFK denies any plans to implement another delay, saying it remains committed to the 2015 transfer, though there will still be plenty of opportunities for tensions to worsen between now and then, meaning until it happens, there is no guarantee an excuse won’t come up.
Get all the POOR DUPED US FORCES OUT OF SOUTH KOREA…NOW
Triple B was the one who got the $200 million from Congress to build a 5-star hotel and new family housing for the troops in Korea. Triple B had his Mercedes and his family shipped to Korea, and lived like a King in his mansion in Seoul. The man has no credibility and should be booted out of the Army.
Now I see why all these threats recently starting coming out of North Korea. They were meant to conveniently torpedo plans to transfer power to the South Koreans.
I wonder what the US promised the North Korean leader if he agreed to turn up the heat
Cui bono. (the USA of course)