韩国真心害怕撤军计划会使北朝鲜认为固执己见产生了作用，进而会削弱遏制的效果。 北朝鲜一直要求美国撤军，却不肯放弃自己的核武器目标。
South Koreans genuinely fear that the plan may weaken deterrence by sending North Korea - which is demanding a US military withdrawal while refusing to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions - the message that intransigence pays.