US begins large military drill with South Korea while waging war in the Middle East (apnews.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 02:54
https://lemmy.world/post/44020546

The United States began a large military exercise with South Korea involving thousands of troops Monday while also waging an escalating war in the Middle East.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff has said about 18,000 Korean troops will take part in Freedom Shield, which runs through March 19. U.S. Forces Korea hasn’t confirmed the number of American troops participating in the training in South Korea.

The allies’ combined exercise comes amid South Korean media speculation that Washington is relocating some assets from South Korea to support fighting against Iran.

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lnxtx@sopuli.xyz on 09 Mar 03:19 next collapse

North Korea is next? But they have (presumably) nuclear weapon already.

Eyekaytee@aussie.zone on 09 Mar 03:52 next collapse

It’s almost like the US is goading China into a war

betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 04:45 collapse

If I were writing the video game script that Hegseth is clearly plagiarizing, it’d be a move to knock NK out before they can start launching end-the-world fireworks. You can save a bunch of interceptors by taking them out while they’re still on the ground and, most importantly to one person, it’d be a message to the world that not even nuclear powers are safe. One of his apocalypse-craving pals could bait him into it by saying that the American public thinks he’s too afraid to launch the attack.

TachyonTele@piefed.social on 09 Mar 03:23 next collapse

I wonder how hard it is to set up things like this, and how long it takes from concept to boots on the practice ground.

Bullerfar@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 04:01 next collapse

Remember when they told Zelenskjy he was gambling with world war lll? Laughable.

MolochHorridus@lemmy.ml on 09 Mar 05:04 next collapse

Basic projection they’re known to practice.

ohulancutash@feddit.uk on 09 Mar 07:04 collapse

Because he was demanding NATO fight Russia

GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 06:54 collapse

Nothingburger of an article.

This isn’t a new thing.

I know this is the first time a lot of you guys are actually paying attention to what’s happening in the world.

But this is a common occurrence.

Drusas@fedia.io on 09 Mar 07:33 next collapse

I'm one of those people who have been paying attention, and your comment is unhelpful and self-aggrandizing.

miseducator@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 09:27 collapse

They do it every year at this time and NoKo gets pissed off every year at this time.