Obama: U.S. will defend South Korea
Yeah...last time around, we lost 169,365 American's alone. (KIA/Wounded/etc). Total casualties exceeded 1.5 million. And that was to fight to a draw.
President Barack Obama pledged the United States would defend Seoul from aggression by its communist neighbor.
Yet with its options limited, the U.S. sought a diplomatic rather a military response to one of those most ominous clashes between the Koreas in decades.
"South Korea is our ally. It has been since the Korean War," Obama said. "And we strongly affirm our commitment to defend South Korea as part of that alliance."
The president, speaking to ABC News, would not speculate when asked about military options. He was expected to telephone South Korean President Lee Myung-bak Tuesday night, and he met into the evening with his top national security advisers to discuss next steps.
The United States has more than 28,000 troops in South Korea
Yeah...last time around, we lost 169,365 American's alone. (KIA/Wounded/etc). Total casualties exceeded 1.5 million. And that was to fight to a draw.