@rockmanj: Have they? I wasn't aware of that. I know a few years back Bush announced a shake up of US troop deployments world wide and was going to shift troops away from South Korea and Germany as well, and this was supposed to take place over a few years. Are you saying that all the bases are closing?

@Assertn: I'm not saying the US would become an enemy of South Korea if the troops left. It would however definitely be a loss of military influence in the region, and could allow China to increase its polticial activity in the area.