SECRETARY OF STATE WITH HIS SILVER FOOT FULL OF HEINZ KETCHUP IN THE MOUTH CLAIMS THE US MILITARY WILL DRAW DOWN FROM ASIA–CONSIDER PEACE HAS BEEN IN THE REGION SINCE WE IN THE USA HAVE MONITORED PATROLLED THE SAFETY OF FREE LOVING PEOPLE–NOW THE DEMOCRAT SOS IS GET THE HELL OUT OF ASIA–DID WE PROCLAIM THE SAME IN EUROPE GERMANY BEFORE REUNIFICATION OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE–AND NOW THIS DEMOCRAT JOHN KERRY (D-MA) IS SENDING THE WEAK MESSAGE IN THE ASIA REGION–PEACE HAS ALWAYS BEEN ACHIEVED THROUGH STRENGTH–AND THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS IN POWER HAVE INDEED PROVEN THAT WHEN BUGGING OUT LIKE IN IRAQ YOU MIGHT AS WELL HAND THE FREE LOVING PEOPLE TO BE SLAUGHTERED BUT THEN THIS IS THE DEMOCRAT POTUS BHO PLAN OF CHAOS IT SEEMS

South Korean officials appear somewhat taken aback by the remark by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that the U.S. is prepared to reduce its military presence in Asia if North Korea rejoins nuclear talks and follows through on its denuclearization commitment.

Kerry made the comment in Berlin on Wednesday during a joint news conference with his German counterpart, expressing hope for resuming the long-stalled six-party negotiations “in the next weeks, months perhaps.”
If North Korea begins the process of denuclearization, Kerry said, “We are prepared to begin the process of reducing the need for American force and presence in the region because the threat itself would then be reduced.”

Seoul officials were quick to caution against going too far in interpreting the top U.S. diplomat’s statement. They noted Kerry mentioned a possibility in the distant future, not a plan under consideration. It may fit this context that South Korean and U.S. defense chiefs on Thursday agreed to delay the planned transfer of wartime operational control from Washington to Seoul.

As they indicated, Kerry’s remark might have to be seen as putting emphasis on the North’s denuclearization rather than on cutting U.S. troops in the South. In Washington, a State Department spokesperson also downplayed the implication of Kerry’s statement, saying he was restating a long-standing U.S. policy focused on the denuclearization of the peninsula.

Still, South Korean officials seem perplexed by his unexpected remark, which came as the two Koreas gauge each other’s stance in the lead-up to the resumption of high-level talks later this year.

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