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A Defense Ministry researcher says Korea cannot assume that the U.S. will automatically send military reinforcements in the event of an emergency but should expect it to adjust its response according to political considerations.
In an analysis of changes in the U.S. Bush administration's military policy, Park Won-gon of the Defense Ministry's Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA) said Thursday the U.S. would decide on the level of its intervention in an emergency on the Korean Peninsula based on political considerations.
"The U.S. no longer operates a military strategy prioritizing a sudden eventuality on the Korean Peninsula,¡± Park said. ¡°What's more, it has adopted a strategy of moving its forward-deployed forces, including those in Korea, to other regions as it pleases to deal with conflicts."
Park said America was seeking to reduce forces in Korea, do away with a ¡°frontline partnership¡± by moving its troops south of the Han River, and secure strategic flexibility. ¡°These moves aim to make it easier to adjust the level of intervention in an emergency on the Korean Peninsula in accordance with need, rather than simply intervene automatically,¡± he said.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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