U.S. Retaining Wartime Command on S. Korea

By WILLIAM C. MANN, Associated Press Writer Thu Mar 23, 5:59 PM ET
WASHINGTON -

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Thursday the United States must retain wartime command of South Korea's military until that country's forces are strong enough to maintain stability on the Korean Peninsula.
South Korea's president has said he hopes an agreement to turn over wartime command can be negotiated this year. The effect of any change would be felt only if war should return to the peninsula.
In a Pentagon news briefing, Rumsfeld said South Korea has brought up the idea, and "everyone agrees that 55 years after the war, it's reasonable that the South Korean forces would increasingly take on more and more responsibility."
Asked whether he thought the change in command structure could start this year, Rumsfeld replied: "No, no, I don't at all."
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun has been talking since January about negotiating a way for homegrown officers to recover wartime command of South Korea's military. He specified in a speech to cadets at the Korea Military Academy this month that he hoped the turnover would come this year. -continued-

Ok, so after 55 years, there still not ready to do it on there own? Sometimes you have to kick the baby bird out of the nest, force it to kind of fend for it's self, and learn to fly on it's own. I think this whole occupation is just because Korean chicks are so hot, and we can't get enough of them. No one in N. Korea is dumb enough to try invading S. Korea, even on a double dare. Thats like the militant wing of the salvation army trying to stage a coup d'etat.