New reasons for G.I.s to stay
Just back from a tour of East Asia, four Senators last week delivered an urgent message to Jimmy Carter over lunch in the Cabinet room. The delegation voiced grave concerns "about the nature and stability of the Korean military balance." Said the Senators: "The withdrawal of U.S. ground forces from the Republic of Korea should be discontinued."
For Carter, this was distressing advice. Shortly after his inauguration, he announced that he would bring home within five years all 32,000 U.S. ground combat troops in South Korea. (About 16,000 airmen and Army logistics troops would stay indefinitely.) Some...
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