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It's generally acknowledged that the 37,000 American troops here would make little to no difference were the North to invade again. The third largest standing army in the world - over 1,000,000-strong - is just across the DMZ. South Korea, with about 600,000 soldiers at any given time, a large segment of which is composed of university-age mark wahlberg young mark wahlberg men doing their two years of compulsory military service, would bear the brunt of any invasion. The reason that those troops are important is the psychological effect. The idea of those American soldiers being a tripwire of sorts is an mark wahlberg outdated one : the US could just as effectively defend South Korea against attack from bases in Japan or even Hawaii. But to withdraw the troops, after 54 years, would raise questions about the role America wishes to play in Asia, how committed it is to maintaining stability, and make goverments in Beijing, Tokyo, Taipei and elsewhere very nervous indeed. It might even, given the apparent nuclear ambitions of Pyongyang, force Japan to 'go nuclear.'
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