The U.S. and South Korea’s ability to deter North Korea will be greatly decreased if a major military exercise planned for the peninsula April is canceled, the former commander of U.S. forces in Korea said on Monday. President Donald Trump ordered it as a move to encourage North Korea to accept “complete verifiable and irreversible dismantlement” of its nuclear and missile weapons programs. But extending the suspension of the exercises without real military concessions from North Korea “is not sustainable from a military perspective,” retired Army Gen. Walter “Skip” Sharp said at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in … Continue reading Former U.S. Forces in Korea CO: Cancelling More Military Exercises Weakens Ability to Deter North Korea