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I guess you have to be pragmatic. The axiom "What have you done for me lately" Is apt. It's like pro ball. You renew a players contract based on what they can offer you in the future, not for any big accomplishments they did for you in the past, no matter how underpaid they might have been at the time. Anything else and you reveal your own gullibleness.
To the average South Koreans they don't see much value in renewing our contract. They don't want to have to back us up in bull like Iraq and they have made some progress in normalizing relations with North Korea in recent years. It seems they want to take the lead for themselves now and no longer want to be directed by Big Brother America.
I'm all for that. Let them run things themselves. I'm tired of being in everyone elses business. Pull out and save some money.
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