Comments by "HKim0072" (@HKim0072) on "Jets, Drones u0026 Refineries: Europe Remembers Geopolitics || Peter Zeihan" video.

As an ethnic Korean, I can't imagine that after the South Koreans, US and allies were pushed down to Busan, Congress would have been like "hey, maybe we should debate the funding a bit more and be worried about (fake) corruption and not fund it. Let the Soviets, Chinese and North Koreans take over the whole peninsula."
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@k.v.7681 Depending on what news article you find, we lost way more money in Iraq / Afghanistan. And I'm not even including stuff like the MRAP program that cost $45B.
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@k.v.7681 You really think they are selling 155mm shells on the open market? or a Brad is going to end up in some African warlords hands?
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@ronarnett4811 1- There is a cost sharing agreement with South Korea 2- US military bases in ROK are strategically important (for the US) 3- The US military acts as a de facto human shield. If we had a military base in Taiwan, zero chance the CCP is invading (well very small chance)
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@DivadNoodeldehm-lz2gm I am the original poster.
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@knoll9812 People have no clue that fledging democracies need help and patience. South Korea had a terrible system in place and really has only been a democracy for 35 years. Now, it's the 12th largest GDP in the world and one of the great success stories. People are so impatient and think systems should be 100% success rates immediately. So annoying.
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@DivadNoodeldehm-lz2gm lol, you are native American? Geez, our schooling / education system is terrible.
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@OsbornsConcise I agree with you. I stand firmly by Ukraine. The vast majority of Ukraine want a system of liberal democracy with the rule of law. Now, they are just fighting for their survival.
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@xzy89c You people literally haven't studied history and who we've sent money to. We've sent $85B to Egypt. $30B to Pakistan. We gave aid to Park Chung Hee during his regime. Marcos in the Philippines. You think all that money got funneled to the right places? But all the sudden, we are fretting about corruption when a country is in the middle of war after getting invaded. You people are crazy.
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@oldegrunt I get it bro. The TV / internet dudes told you it's bad. Everything you said has zero impact. It's a sunk cost. Calculate % of GDP, % of Budget, % of military budget. It's nothing. Literally, nothing. Obviously, you haven't read the appropriations bill.
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@timtaylor7146 We've spent 350M per plane on the F-22 program. Settle down comrade. The Zumwalt Destroyer cost 22 BILLION for 3 destroyers. Yup, 7.5B per ship.
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@howtoappearincompletely9739 Because I'm American dude. I'll do the dime store analysis and conclude you are not a minority ethnicity in your country. It's annoying at best, patronizing at worst for non-minorities to tell minorities how they should call themselves. And, it does make a difference. If the dude would have asked like a normal person, I would have said, I'm only alive today because of the sacrifices of the US and allies in protecting South Korea. My grandparents survived the Japanese occupation, WW2 and the Korean war. Zero chance I'm living in America or even born if the crazy North Korean Kim family wins the war. No one 70 years ago would have thought that the US and allies saving Korea would have produced over 1M ethnic Koreans in the US as contributing members of society and a country who has become a regional power with the 12th largest GDP in world. This is why the US protects fledging democracies.
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