A bipartisan group of congressmen -- led by HouseForeignGOP chairman RepMcCaul -- visited the Korean DMZ on Wednesday, expressing concern that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un could take advantage of a possible China-Taiwan conflict.
The bipartisan House members, led by Rep. Michael McCaul , the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, visited the Korean Demilitarized Zone as part of their two-day visit to South Korea following a stop in Japan earlier this week. The Washington Examiner accompanied the delegation on its rainy morning visit. There are roughly 28,000 U.S. troops stationed across South Korea.
“I do worry about a Taiwan Strait conflict where Kim Jong Un sees an opportunity and tries to take advantage of it,” Rep. Michael Waltz told the Washington Examiner. “That would just be a nightmare scenario for the world. The Republican congressman said he worried"that it’s a little too up in the air what our allies are going to do in a Taiwan Strait scenario” and argued that “the way to keep the peace is to show resolve.”
“It just shows how desperate Putin has become … so he’s scraping the bottom of the barrel,” Waltz said. “But at the same time, if China opens up its arsenals, if North Korea opens up its arsenals, particularly in artillery, that could be a real game-changer, in my view, because everyone’s stocks are starting to run low. … And so I think the Biden administration needs to set some really clear red lines and stick to them.
The U.S. and South Korean military resumed large-scale military drills in November 2022 after the joint exercises were suspended by former President Donald Trump in 2018 as part of his unsuccessful negotiations with North Korea's leader, which failed to convince the North Koreans to give up their nuclear weapons program.
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