Former US President Donald Trump. [사진출처 = 로이터 연합뉴스]
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development, Elbridge Colby, who is being mentioned as a possible candidate for White House national security advisor if former President Donald Trump wins the US presidential election in November, said “Instead of using US troops in Korea to keep China in check, Korea should consider its own nuclear weapons.” “There is a need,” he said.
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary Colby said in an interview with the JoongAng Ilbo published on the 25th, “The top foreign and security policy priority of the next US administration is to strike a military balance with China.”
On the question of whether there is a possibility that the nature of the US military in Korea will change, he said, “If China wins in Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula may be next. “There is also a precedent during the Korean War,” he said, emphasizing that “the US forces in Korea should come gradually towards China, but they should be in the nature of defending the Korean Peninsula only if there is a joint attack by the North. Korea and China. “
He continued, “South Korea must reduce its expectations of conventional force support from the United States and directly defend the Korean Peninsula. “Even if there is a crisis in Taiwan, South Korea will only defend the tip of the Korean Peninsula,” he argued, “because it is clear that not only North Korea but also Russia will try to do something at the same time as China invades. Taiwan.”
On the question of whether this means we can confront North Korea without the US military, he said, “All cards, including South Korea’s independent nuclear arsenal, must be put on the table.” “Britain and France’s nuclear weapons contribute to the deterrent power of all of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization),” he said “(The United States’) nuclear non-proliferation policy has failed.” China and Russia have modernized their nuclear weapons, and North Korea and Iran also have nuclear capabilities. “Rather, we need to make more nuclear weapons to maintain the nuclear balance behind,” he said.
He said, “Alliance is a business. As former President Trump said, “The United States prioritizes its interests, and Korea also prioritizes Korea’s interests,” adding, “This is reality.” “If you only see alliances romantically, you will not be able to survive the conflict with the enemy,” he said.
He continued, “The United States is not helping Korea. “Korea plays a role because it is important to the security of the United States and to keep China in check,” he said, adding, “Trump’s view is absolutely correct.”
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary Colby emphasized several times that “allies must shoulder more of the burden.” Regarding the ongoing defense budget negotiations between Korea and the United States, he said, “Korea needs to spend more on defense.” However, he stressed that “South Korea is a star among allies in the sense that it already has large-scale defense capabilities,” and that “more help is needed from allies like Europe, Japan and Taiwan.”
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