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Birder
Joined: 21 Oct 2011
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| blm wrote: |
What about the American female service women that was asualted by a Korean?
He only got 3 1/2 years jail time.
Who is going to protect the US army from South Koreans? |
An excellent point, even though it really has nothing to do with this thread. How many years do you think the US soldier who was recently handed over to SK authorities will get if he is convicted for raping that young Korean woman? My guess is, somewhat more than 3.5 years. |
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World Traveler
Joined: 29 May 2009
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| Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 8:17 am Post subject: |
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| Lonewolf wrote: |
| In that case you know there are no cases of foreign teachers killing any Koreans. But there is a case where one foreign teacher was Killed by a Korean while teaching class. |
What?! What happened? Provide more details, please. |
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Stout
Joined: 28 May 2011
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 7:59 am Post subject: |
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http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/10/117_97542.html
A U.S. soldier serving in Korea was sentenced to a suspended prison term on Friday for assaulting a local cab driver in a botched robbery attempt.
The Euijeongbu District Court handed down a three-year jail sentence, suspended for four years, to the 24-year-old corporal who was charged with robbery and inflicting injuries.
The soldier, whose name was not released, was brought to court for his failed attempt to rob the taxi driver around midnight on June 10 while being driven to Euijeongbu, north of Seoul.
While he and another colleague, both intoxicated, were being driven by the taxi driver, the convicted corporal strangled the driver and ordered him to surrender his cash but later fled without any money after the driver fainted. The attack left the driver with injuries that require three weeks of hospital treatment |
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hagwonnewbie
Joined: 09 Feb 2007
Location: Asia
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 9:54 pm Post subject: |
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US soldiers will leave Korea when the corporations that benefit from their presence no longer benefit from their presence.
Leon Panetta just came over and stated they will be here indefinitely, no matter how much it costs the US tax payers and no matter how many Koreans are assualted or raped. |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2011 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| hagwonnewbie wrote: |
US soldiers will leave Korea when the corporations that benefit from their presence no longer benefit from their presence.
Leon Panetta just came over and stated they will be here indefinitely, no matter how much it costs the US tax payers and no matter how many Koreans are assualted or raped. |
Wow. |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 2:57 am Post subject: |
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Wow, indeed. That has to be one of the most asinine comments ever made on the issue. A more informed comment would be along these lines:
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| Our view is that we have an alliance between the United States and the ROK (South Korea) and that we can provide strong and effective responses to those kinds of provocations if we work together,� he said, adding that Pyongyang should not misjudge �our capability to respond decisively to nuclear aggression.� |
But hagweonnewbie seems to enjoy making up stuff and attributing it to Panetta. |
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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 5:25 am Post subject: |
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Here's another reason locals aren't particularly thrilled to host US bases-
http://www.military.com/news/article/2011/fbi-says-gangs-infiltrating-the-us-military.html
"This issue of gangs have been part of the military since, at least, the 80's: White Supremacists at Fort Bragg, Hispanic gangs, Black gangs (Crips/Bloods), Samoians and Bikers. The military has really gotten laxed over the years and you now have these nuts with all the tatoos and gang signs running around in uniform. The Marine Corps Commandant recently issued an edict reversing the rolled-up sleeves on cammies and ordering them down. I don't know, but I suspect it may be in response to the appearance of some of these Marines - I saw a Marine first sergeant whose arms were covered with tatoos" |
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radcon
Joined: 23 May 2011
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:08 am Post subject: |
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| Dave Chance wrote: |
| Here's another reason locals aren't particularly thrilled to host US bases- |
Really? So you are saying that Koreans are well aware of the gang problem in the US military and that this knowledge makes US military presence in Korea less desirable ? |
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Dave Chance
Joined: 30 May 2011
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:11 am Post subject: |
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| radcon wrote: |
| Dave Chance wrote: |
| Here's another reason locals aren't particularly thrilled to host US bases- |
Really? So you are saying that Koreans are well aware of the gang problem in the US military and that this knowledge makes US military presence in Korea less desirable ? |
Nah, basically saying they're not so enthusiastic about GI's' thugish behavior.
If the military succeeded in reforming the gang members, obviously no problem. Unfortunately (as is apparent from the aritcle, and as most people could probably guess anyway), gang members often enter the military in order to further the prospects of their gang once they return to civillian life, so a lot of them don't lose their thuggish outlook when they're shipped over here. You could also probably work out that all these gang members have an influence on other military personnel. |
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Malislamusrex
Joined: 01 Feb 2010
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 8:46 pm Post subject: |
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| My Korean-American friend told me that the majority of soldiers stationed in Korea are there because they would be a liability on the front line in an actual war zone..... so the government keeps them in Korea, in case they get in the way. |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Malislamusrex wrote: |
| My Korean-American friend told me that the majority of soldiers stationed in Korea are there because they would be a liability on the front line in an actual war zone..... so the government keeps them in Korea, in case they get in the way. |
Did you not read my post earlier in this thread where I explained why certain soldiers get stationed here?
It's called "Needs of the Army" and it means, there are slots for certain ranks and jobs, if a slot becomes open, the next available soldier is sent unless one volunteers to come here.
It's not because "they're a liability on the frontline".
I actually served in the U.S Military, so I have a tad more of an understanding of how it works than your "Korean-American friend". |
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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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| If the US army does do any good here (and I'm not sure it does) they need to improve their recruitment and stop enlisting scumbags and criminals. |
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2011 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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| If the US army does do any good here (and I'm not sure it does) they need to improve their recruitment and stop enlisting scumbags and criminals. |
Do you know the enlistment regulations?
Scumbags are hard to filter, but criminals aren't allowed to join. If you have a record...you can't get in...it's simple. |
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T-J
Joined: 10 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul EunpyungGu Yeonsinnae
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:30 am Post subject: |
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| Malislamusrex wrote: |
| My Korean-American friend told me that the majority of soldiers stationed in Korea are there because they would be a liability on the front line in an actual war zone..... so the government keeps them in Korea, in case they get in the way. |
Ah, Dave's...
I have a friend who thinks that lizard men from another planet are behind a secret world government....
Doesn't make it true...or does it?
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Drew10
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:46 am Post subject: |
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The real problem in this country are the drug-using pedophiles with useless basketweaving degrees teaching kids their ABC's.
Couldn't get real jobs in your home countries?
Baseless accusations can work both ways. |
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