my good friend and mentor, bob collins, he said something at a conference three years ago it was very important. he said that since 1953, the u.s. alliance has been good at deterring force on force conflict on the korean pencil and we have not been very good at deterring provocations. that is something that our south korean allies said that enough is enough. we have been done with this. we are taking concrete measures. they changed the rule of engagement and they formed a new command. the northwest highlands command to give a two star general the authority to instantly respond however he needs to respond. in other words, if he were to happen. he wouldn't have to call back at headquarters to get permission to send f-15s wherever they need to go north korea. he now has that authority and the rules of engagement have changed. so this is something that we know that he likes. the south koreans and the u.s. now have a counter provocation command plan, which honestly i don't have to look at since i don't have a clearance anymore. but they actually have a plan in supporting our allies in iraq

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