Gen. Brunson stresses strategic value of USFK presence in overcoming 'tyranny of distance' | Yonhap News Agency en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-05-16T12:00:53.902Z

Commander of US and UN Forces in Korea Discusses Korean War Anniversary in Visit to the East-West Center | East-West Center | http://www.eastwestcenter.org http://www.eastwestcenter.org/news/news-re…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-05-22T15:29:15.162Z

My problem with Gen. Brunson's comments on USFK at the E/W Center and LANPAC is they reflect DOD & INDOPACOM's views but don't necessarily reflect what Trump will do. Look at Trump's Middle East trip last week: He left out Israel, and tried to reconfigure relations with the Saudis, Turkey and Iran.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-05-22T15:36:13.300Z

Gaza, Syria, Iran: Israel leaves itself out in the cold as Trump redefines the Middle East | Haaretz http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-05-20T02:29:21.096Z

Will Trump dump Netanyahu? Here's when Israel will find out http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-05-26T15:02:36.870Z

Exclusive | U.S. Considers Withdrawing Thousands of Troops From South Korea – WSJ http://www.wsj.com/world/asia/u…

— Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-05-22T20:33:20.136Z

An option being developed by the Pentagon is to pull out 4,500 troops and move them to other locations in the Indo-Pacific, including to Guam. The idea is part of an informal policy review on dealing with North Korea. The proposal has yet to reach Trump’s desk and is one of several under discussion.

— Dr. Mark P. Barry ☯︎ (@drmarkpbarry.bsky.social) 2025-05-22T20:36:36.250Z