- While the government is speeding up the review process by sending an on-site investigation team to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), there have been public calls from within the ruling Democratic Party of Korea to be cautious about sending troops.
Seoul, Sept. 14.– As the issue of dispatch of troops is expected to be discussed at the National Security Council (NSC) on the 17th following the Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Consultative Group (KIDD) to be held in Busan from the 16th to the 18th, some observers say that depends on the president's final judgment. 
Rep. Jin Sung-joon of the Democratic Party, chairman of the National Assembly's National Defense Committee, said on MBC radio's "Kim Jong-bae's Attention" on the 14th, "There are quite a few opinions within the Democratic Party that they should be very careful about sending troops and oppose it."
Asked if the government would pass the plenary session if it submitted a bill to the National Assembly, Rep. Jin expressed concern about the safety of the South Korean military following the deployment.
"If we can send troops or make military contributions to secure a passage, we can send them, but that's not a guarantee," he said. "It can be more dangerous because it can be directly exposed to retaliatory attacks."
Regarding reports that the U.S. asked South Korea to decide to send troops by November, he said, "It is not true. The U.S. demand is 'more support, faster support', so we did not specifically ask for the type and scale of any equipment or support."
"The United States may be able to expect that politically, but the decision to dispatch troops in Korea cannot proceed so quickly," he said ...
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