In these troubled waters, the Jeju base would host up to 20 American and South Korean warships, including submarines, aircraft carriers and destroyers, several of which would be fitted with the Aegis ballistic-missile defense system.You won't see any news of this in US ruling class media. While our schools, welfare, and community programs are being slashed to the bone, guess where all the money is going? More military bases to insure that the Empire's ruling class can rule supreme!
For the United States, the base’s purpose is to project force toward China – and to provide a forward operating installation in the event of a military conflict. The last thing the world needs is brinksmanship between the U.S. and China.
After the conclusion of WWII in the Pacific, the Korean people who suffered so much under Japanese colonial rule desperately wanted total independence. Instead, what they got was US hegemony who used former Japanese political operatives and their Korean collaborators to serve US imperial interests. That was what the Korean War was all about. If you wish to know more about this little understood war, I highly recommend that you read at least volume one of the two volumes entitled, The Origins of the Korean War by Bruce Cumings.