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US President Joe Biden was asked this week what the US withdrawal from Afghanistan meant for Washington’s other global military commitments. In response, Biden emphasized the “fundamental difference” between places such as Afghanistan and South Korea, where the US also has a large military presence. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to find a South Korean who disagrees with that assessment. There are clear differences between Afghanistan, one of the world’s poorest and least developed countries, and South Korea, a stable democracy and US treaty ally, which has the world’s 10th largest economy. 6th most powerful army . Still,...
