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story continued about whether the US withdrew from Afghanistan could abandon its other allies at any time, US President Biden began to evolve. If an ally such as South Korea is attacked, the United States has emphasized that it will respond, but China is strongly opposed by even mentioning Taiwan, which has not signed a defense treaty.



Leaving the Middle East, Correspondent Kim Soo-hyung in Washington and Correspondent Wook Song in Beijing deliver the US strategy to focus on the Pacific and China's countermeasures in turn.



<Reporter Kim Soo-hyung>



President Biden explained the difference between Afghanistan and other allies that decided to withdraw the military through the mutual defense treaty.



They have signed a sacred treaty of counter-attack against NATO allies, even with Japan, South Korea and Taiwan.



In fact, Article 3 of the Korea-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty stipulates that the United States should respond if South Korea is attacked by armed force.



Russia and China are probably the most disappointing countries with the decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, and emphasized that the withdrawal was inevitable as the goal of killing bin Laden and eradicating al Qaeda was achieved.



[Biden/President of the United States: (Even if Trump had not made the decision to withdraw) I would have thought about how to withdraw the army. There is no good time to withdraw troops from Afghanistan.]



President Biden emphasized that public opinion is on his side, but in fact 62% of Americans say the war in Afghanistan is not worth fighting, according to a survey.



It is interpreted as a clear determination to withdraw from the unwinnable war in Afghanistan, but not to retreat from the race for hegemony with China in the Indo-Pacific region.   



▶ Biden "If Taiwan is invaded, we will respond"... China "Are you senile?"