Patrick J. Buchanan on South Korea and Empire

"Can someone explain why we keep 30,000 troops on the DMZ of a nation whose people do not even like us?" asks the great man — Honorable Exit From Empire. Citing recent events around the world, Mr. Buchanan suggests that "opportunity has come anew for America to shed its imperial burden and become again the republic of our fathers." However, citing also the "politicians, diplomats, generals, journalists and think tanks who would all have to find another line of work," he rightly concludes that "the Empire will endure until disaster befalls it, as it did all the others."