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Stavridis, J. (2018, Jun. 12). I Was a Navy Admiral. Here's Why Ending 'War Games' With South Korea Would Be a Grave Mistake. Retrieved from http://time.com/5310534/donald-trump-north-korea-war-games-military-exercises/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=ebb%2014.06.18&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief
QUOTE: "I Was a Navy Admiral. Here's Why Ending 'War Games' With South Korea Would Be a Grave Mistake":
"Let’s begin with the basics. First, these are not “war games....”
"Second, it is important to understand the scale of these exercises."
"Finally, the U.S. military itself would suffer a drop in morale if not allowed to practice for war."
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QUOTE: "I Was a Navy Admiral. Here's Why Ending 'War Games' With South Korea Would Be a Grave Mistake":
"Let’s begin with the basics. First, these are not “war games....”
"Second, it is important to understand the scale of these exercises."
"Finally, the U.S. military itself would suffer a drop in morale if not allowed to practice for war."
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Thanks MSgt Ken "Airsoldier" Collins-Hardy for sharing the unclassified and somewhat biased perspective of Admiral James George Stavridis on "Why Ending 'War Games' With South Korea Would Be a Grave Mistake"
James George Stavridis is a retired United States Navy admiral and the current dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, a graduate school for international affairs.
My old friend and USMA classmate is the current commander of US Forces in Korea. I trust his judgement on this matter more than the current dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Military action is an extension on diplomacy and in a relatively free nation like the USA the military forces and strategies are focused on many goals including reducing tension in international relations.
Military readiness and preparedness are important considerations. Being on guard while reducing tensions by cancelling the currently scheduled periodic wargames is prudent.
We are not at liberty to discuss what is going on in the near to mid-term from a military perspective on this net for many reasons.
I have to chuckle at some posts which compare the current situation with Neville Chamberlain's peace in our time philosophy. In the 1930s there was no visibility of Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia and we had no ability to monitor their diplomatic cable traffic.
Much has changed since the 1930s in terms of monitoring and offensive and interdictive capabilities from tactical through strategic levels.
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James George Stavridis is a retired United States Navy admiral and the current dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, a graduate school for international affairs.
My old friend and USMA classmate is the current commander of US Forces in Korea. I trust his judgement on this matter more than the current dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.
Military action is an extension on diplomacy and in a relatively free nation like the USA the military forces and strategies are focused on many goals including reducing tension in international relations.
Military readiness and preparedness are important considerations. Being on guard while reducing tensions by cancelling the currently scheduled periodic wargames is prudent.
We are not at liberty to discuss what is going on in the near to mid-term from a military perspective on this net for many reasons.
I have to chuckle at some posts which compare the current situation with Neville Chamberlain's peace in our time philosophy. In the 1930s there was no visibility of Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia and we had no ability to monitor their diplomatic cable traffic.
Much has changed since the 1930s in terms of monitoring and offensive and interdictive capabilities from tactical through strategic levels.
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SSgt (Join to see) TSgt Joe C. SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SPC (Join to see) SrA Christopher Wright Cpl Joshua Caldwell SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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Eh- think we will cancel one. Maybe...or do something similar- only different. Don't believe the hype.
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Maj Marty Hogan
We will still run simulations- we may just tweak the areas they are performed or who is on stage. As far as a specific action- I could refer you to most anything going on in Europe since WWII- several exercises in Alaska and other locales around the globe. We are always looking for something similar to decrease costs etc- equipment variations, VR scenarios- you name it. It will all revert ultimately to actually doing it- on site- on location. But that is only 30+ years of experience talking.
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Partially agree and disagree with the Admiral. Joint exercises in the ROK are focused on combat readiness of Combined Forces in the event the DPRK wages war against U.N. Forces. If peace on the peninsula prevails, such exercises are unnecessary and a waste. Joint Readiness exercises can be moved to Japan, Thailand, Philippines and even India, with Allied Forces. Such exercises will be much more meaningful for all and, promote the denuclearization process on the peninsula with ease.
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CPT Gurinder (Gene) Rana
Mentioning the denuclearization process of the DPRK gave me beehives down my spine because North Korea is a Master of Moonwalk when it comes to peace accords entered into by its own leadership. When I negotiated Peace on the Peninsula with the DPRK, the rhetoric engaged by its leaders was that the US must allow the extension of the MDL to an MDL-X in order to revive the Return of Remains of Fallen Comrades, which Return of Remains is highlighted in the Korean Armistice Agreement signed by Kim Il Sung in 1954, but which Agreement the DPRK violates at will to extract favors from the U.S. or force a high level meeting at Panmunjom. In the current scenario, the DPRK agreed to denuclearization, but only if this denuclearization is reciprocal. This means that North Korea will denuclearize only if the U.S. does. The minute the talks fell through, the DPRK has reignited its nuclear weapons program. If Trump had agreed to reciprocal denuclearization, the loss would be only to the U.S. and not the DPRK, which is a puppet of China and Russia, which two super powers would turn the rest of the world into a pro-communist bloc implementing a new World Order.
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