Suspending major military exercises with South Korea was 'prudent,' and pundits 'simply do not know the ground truth,' the top US commander there says

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• The Pentagon said earlier this year that it would replace major exercises done with South Korea with smaller, more specific training.
• Despite pundits decrying this move, the top US commander on the peninsula said it was a prudent decision to support diplomatic efforts.
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The decision to suspend several large-scale annual military exercises on the Korean Peninsula was a prudent one, and the pundits who say otherwise are simply repeating a meme, the top US military commander on the peninsula said Wednesday.

In March the Pentagon announced it would be replacing exercises Key Resolve and Foal Eagle with smaller training iterations tailored to specific missions.

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