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[Adventurer]

[Lekker]

I'm not a veteran, don't know much about warfare, but here it's mandatory to serve and the North, from my sources, outnumbers the south. Plus, how many people are starving up there. What do they get if they join? Is it even mandatory to serve in the military up there?

North Korea is approximately the size of PA, South Korea is approximately the size of Wisconsin, not that that has anything do do with it.

Sometimes I get pissed and question why the US is here, and other times I wonder what would happen if the US pulled out. It wouldn't be a good transition for Korea. Give them about five years without the US presence. See what happens.

I also wonder how much longer the US can afford to keep a presence here, Germany, and elsewhere. Whatever, I'm not in the military, if shit goes down, I'm a make like Iron Maiden and run to the hills, southward.

[poet13]

"If the US pulled out of Korea, the North Koreans could take over without much of a fight."

Even with the US here, the Norks could get as far south as Daegu. Yes, the Korean military is as modern as any, but with tens of thousands of rockets GPS targeted at every strategic target, and one of the biggest, most highly trained and disciplined armies in the world, North Korea could be in Pyeongtaek before they slowed down. The north korean civilian population might be starving, but their military is second to none. They might not have the equipment that the US and S Korea has, but they are hard, hard people. The US battle plan for the pennisula used to be (a few yearas ago), "Hold busan and area, take the pennisula back after.) The korean war all over again.


All those little american bases, Liberty Bell, Greaves, Page, Casey, Hovey are just speed bumps.

[ytuque]

[bobranger]

The US does a lot of electronic surveillance of North Korea and China. It protects business interests. It�s a cash cow for skimming tax payers� money. The military will not leave until it is forced out.

[endo]

[Lekker]

[bobranger]

Hi Endo:
Let me clarify. Overseas military expenses are easily overlooked nor scrutinized. On foreign soil, military and contractors� deals can be made without oversight, often with foreign companies in countries where bribes are a routine part of doing business. There is a skim (to embezzle some of the proceeds from a business) to those who approve the deal. Yet to monitor those billions in contracts, just fewer than 100 civilian agents are assigned to the Army Criminal Investigation Command's procurement fraud office. These investigators tend to concentrate on state side matters. Take my opinion with a grain of salt. I�ve done some informal research and that�s all it is. Food for thought I suppose.

[Young FRANKenstein]

[Kimchi Cha Cha]

Three excellent blog entries today marking the sixth anniversary of the tragic accident involving two schoolgirls killed by a US tank on a narrow country road and the subsequent hate-fest it morphed into as media outlets and NGOs manipulated the tragedy for their own ends.

Required reading for all ex-pats, particularly Americans.

Brian in Jeollanam-do's entry

GI Korea's entry

The Metropolitician's entry

[visitorq]

[aka Dave]

Korea sent soldiers to Afghanistan and Iraq. Now, I think the mad cow thing is as crazy as the next guy. But Korea is acutally one of the most reliable allies we've had in our entire history. Korea sent soldiers to Vietnam, of all places.

At this moment in American history, we need to be building alliances not tearing them down as Bush has done. I personally believe American beef is safe.

I also belive America should re-negotiate the beef agreement in such a way that's it's accecptable to Koreans. The alliance is more important than the hamburgers.

[Gwangjuboy]

[visitorq]

[visitorq]