{"id":812,"date":"2026-05-29T21:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=812"},"modified":"2026-05-29T21:47:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T21:47:23","slug":"commander-of-u-s-forces-korea-calls-south-korea-a-dagger-aimed-at-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=812","title":{"rendered":"Commander of U.S. Forces Korea calls South Korea a \u2018dagger\u2019 aimed at China"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>American military power in South Korea represents \u201ca dagger\u201d pointed at China, according to the commander of U.S. Forces Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=810\">Lawmakers host whistleblowers, UFO investigators to press feds to come clean about space aliens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen [the Chinese] look out from the east coast of China, what they see is there\u2019s Korea, the dagger in the heart of Asia,\u201d Army Gen. Xavier Brunson said during a podcast hosted by the Army War College last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Then] there\u2019s Japan, again, sort of that shield that\u2019s sort of a backstop, if you will, for them trying and their ambitions beyond that into the South China Sea and then down to their southeast is the Philippines,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The comments drew condemnation from China\u2019s government. The Chinese Embassy in South Korea on Thursday said on social media it had \u201csolemnly warned\u201d the four-star general that his remarks had crossed a line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAre your hostile and aggressive remarks about China authorized by Washington or are you trying to challenge the consensus reached at the Beijing meeting between the Chinese and U.S. leaders?\u201d an embassy official was quoted as saying in local press reports.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Gen. Brunson said in remarks at a forum in Hawaii that South Korea is a \u201cfixed aircraft carrier\u201d with power projection forces that can bolster overall U.S. military efforts to deter an increasingly aggressive China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou refer to the host country as an \u2019aircraft carrier\u2019 or a \u2019dagger.\u2019 Does this demonstrate your belligerence, or do you intend to use other countries as pawns?\u201d the embassy official said.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung visited Beijing in January and announced plans for closer relations with its communist neighbor. In September, the Seoul government loosened visa restrictions for Chinese visitors.<\/p>\n<p>China, for its part, has stepped up harsh criticism of Japan over claims Tokyo is engaged in \u201cmilitarism\u201d for building up its military forces to counter threats from China. A key element of China\u2019s regional strategy is to stoke divisions between Seoul and Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Brunson\u2019s remarks were made amid efforts by the U.S. and South Korea to modernize their alliance in ways that would give Seoul a greater role in its security and allow U.S. forces to confront the threat from China regionally.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping this month set in motion a new detente in U.S.-China relations that the president hopes will improve frosty trade ties.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration imposed high tariffs on Chinese goods after coming into office in January 2021, and Beijing retaliated by restricting exports of critical rare earths minerals needed by many industries. The two governments are seeking to deescalate the trade war.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=808\">Democrat moneyman Reid Hoffman defiant as feds probe bankroll of sexual assault suit against Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liberals in South Korea also are opposing plans by the U.S. military to use Korea-based forces in any future conflict with China over Taiwan or Japan.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military currently deploys about 28,500 troops in South Korea, including the Army\u2019s Second Infantry Division, two Air Force fighter wings and air and missile defense forces.<\/p>\n<p>The forces have been based there under a mutual defense treaty since the Korean War.<\/p>\n<p>In November, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said following defense talks in Seoul that American military forces could be used outside the peninsula if a conflict erupts with China. The current focus of those troops, however, is confronting threats from North Korea, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The same month, Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and South Korean Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung issued a statement after separate military talks suggesting greater out-of-area operations for forces under the U.S. Forces Korea command.<\/p>\n<p>The comments by Gen. Brunson are not new. He said during a War College podcast a year ago that American forces based on mainland Asia can be used in confronting China and other adversaries.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Brunson said in May 2025 that his forces are \u201cinside the A2AD bubble,\u201d a reference to Chinese anti-access, area denial military targeting zones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am on the Asian continent. I\u2019m there. And if I\u2019m there, I have the potential to impose cost on all three of the Asian-centered adversaries,\u201d he said, referring to China, North Korea and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when I look at those authoritarian regimes of China, of [North Korea] and Russia in the Sea of Japan or the East Sea, we can counter Russia right there. We could make that a lake in South Korea in the West Sea, we can counter the Northern Theater army, for example. I mean, there are things that we can do from our positional advantage that can\u2019t be done anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Northern Theater Command is one of five major People\u2019s Liberation Army commands and covers northeast China.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=806\">Judge blocks closure of Kennedy Center, takes Trump\u2019s name off iconic building<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American military power in South Korea represents &#8220;a dagger&#8221; pointed at China, according to the commander of U.S. Forces Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":811,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-security"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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