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DayDreamer
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posted August 07, 2006 06:14 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
US plans bigger troop cut in South Korea

1 hour, 15 minutes ago

The United States will lower troop levels in South Korea beyond a previously agreed reduction to 25,000, but the cut will not be "substantial," a senior defense official said on Monday.

"As the adjustments (in capabilities) take place, there will be a reduction in the number of U.S. forces located in the Republic of Korea beyond the level of 25,000 that we've currently agreed to," the official said. "Will it be a substantial reduction? I do not believe so."

The United States has planned to reduce troop levels in South Korea, now standing at about 30,000, by 2008.

The official said the cut was possible due to South Korea's improved capabilities, and noted that judgments about the threat posed by North Korea were driving changes in the U.S.-South Korean military relationship.

U.S. and South Korean officials are hashing out details of a broader plan to change the countries' military relationship, giving South Korea the lead in operations during wartime.

Under the plan, which may be finalized by October, the United States would assume a supporting role in combat operations, the defense official said.

According to the official, the United States wants South Korea to assume the lead in military operations by 2009, but South Korea has pushed for a 2012 target date for the change.

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pidaua
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posted August 07, 2006 07:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This has been in the works for quite awhile. SO much for the myth that the US wants to take over ALL the world with our Military.

Our goal has always been to stabilize, rebuild and then leave. The same has been held true for Germany and Japan.

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We are NOT to blame. It is the freaking terrorists and the freaking terrorists only!!!! They are the bad guys. They do not understand concepts like peace, democracy, and respect for human life. They are, pure and simPle, EVIL!!!!! Behind all their political manipulations, if you carefully look at the actions of these MONSTERS, they are EVIL!!


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DayDreamer
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posted August 07, 2006 07:37 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Did I say that the US wants to take over ALL the world with your military? That's quite an hyperbole.

Can you point out what the military has stabilized, and rebuilt in S. Korea recently, to cause a drop in the number of troops there?

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pidaua
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posted August 07, 2006 08:30 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The goal of the US Military in South Korea was to set up the DMZ and eventually hand it back over to the South Korean's ONCE they felt comfortable taking it back over.

We served to help keep the zone intact as well as keep our Military there, per the SK's, in order to insure North Korea did not attack.

Maybe you could open up a history book or even look at the conflict information online instead of being in intellectual midget with only a halfway decent smart ass.

YOU have stated numerous times that the US is all about taking over countries and setting up our bases.

What's the matter? Did you realize that you're wrong, we aren't all about taking over?

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The democratic world believes that it is not the terrorists that are to blame, but us. Us, the westerners.
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the sooner you eliminate this misconception from your minds, the better.
We are NOT to blame. It is the freaking terrorists and the freaking terrorists only!!!! They are the bad guys. They do not understand concepts like peace, democracy, and respect for human life. They are, pure and simPle, EVIL!!!!! Behind all their political manipulations, if you carefully look at the actions of these MONSTERS, they are EVIL!!


http://www.mideastweb.org/log/archives/00000489.htm

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DayDreamer
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posted August 07, 2006 08:40 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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YOU have stated numerous times that the US is all about taking over countries and setting up our bases.

Well that's an obvious and well known fact, one which everyone can see.

I didn't say they were taking over All the world. Only the countries they want to control and convert the ideologies of.

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pidaua
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posted August 07, 2006 09:04 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Way to go, freaking back track... just like a damn coward. Get a life you damn Terrorist supporter.

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The democratic world believes that it is not the terrorists that are to blame, but us. Us, the westerners.
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the sooner you eliminate this misconception from your minds, the better.
We are NOT to blame. It is the freaking terrorists and the freaking terrorists only!!!! They are the bad guys. They do not understand concepts like peace, democracy, and respect for human life. They are, pure and simPle, EVIL!!!!! Behind all their political manipulations, if you carefully look at the actions of these MONSTERS, they are EVIL!!


http://www.mideastweb.org/log/archives/00000489.htm

Provided by the lovely Lady Lioneye :)

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DayDreamer
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posted August 07, 2006 09:12 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What? Can't handle the facts?

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pidaua
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posted August 07, 2006 09:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What facts DayDreamer? All I see are allegations without substance. Back up your accusation that we take over countries that we need. Find me one country that the United States conquered and then took at our own.

Coward.

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DayDreamer
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posted August 07, 2006 09:24 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Well they're posted all the time in GU. Oh, you probably ignore them and deny they are facts if anything comes from so called "left" news sources.

The US has bases practically in every Arab country. The beginning of modern day colonization?

Btw, Pidaua, you look like a big loser by resorting to name calling. How old are you?

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pidaua
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posted August 07, 2006 09:34 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for pidaua     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Old enough to know that you are full of crap and you are a coward. You posts false statements then try to back track out of them.

Please don't feign horror at my name-calling, you've been here long enough to know it goes on - or do you only choose to see when I do it? Much like you only choose to see Muslim terrorists as matyrs and blame the deaths of their innocent victims on the West....


yeah.... go on... what facts were you going to post. Remember all we have to see right now is what is occuring. Last I checked I didn't see the US Flag flying over Japan, Germany, South Korea, or anywhere else. DO tell how you have knowledge that we all have seemed to miss....


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The democratic world believes that it is not the terrorists that are to blame, but us. Us, the westerners.
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And the sooner you eliminate this misconception from your minds, the better.
We are NOT to blame. It is the freaking terrorists and the freaking terrorists only!!!! They are the bad guys. They do not understand concepts like peace, democracy, and respect for human life. They are, pure and simPle, EVIL!!!!! Behind all their political manipulations, if you carefully look at the actions of these MONSTERS, they are EVIL!!


http://www.mideastweb.org/log/archives/00000489.htm

Provided by the lovely Lady Lioneye :)

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DayDreamer
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posted August 07, 2006 09:42 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Unfortunately, I don't think age could possibly give you insight into my thoughts and what I post. Or maybe you're not old enough?

I can't help but see the name calling if it is targetted at me, every time you post to me.

I'm sorry I can't neatly lump all people that are fighting in the countries that US troops are in, who happen to be Muslim, as Muslim terrorists. Most of the deaths have been attributed to the West, because the West has the mass of weapons and bombers that kill more people. Also most of the deaths seem to be of non-militants.

Pid, you never answer my questions with facts. Still waiting for the facts to the question I asked in this thread.

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Can you point out what the military has stabilized, and rebuilt in S. Korea recently, to cause a drop in the number of troops there?

Just because the US flag isn't flying over Japan, Germany, S. Korea, or any where else, does not mean America is not trying to dictate and control how their countries are run and resources are alloted. A US flag would be too obvious because people know better nowadays.

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Petron
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posted August 07, 2006 09:54 PM           Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
haha yea....that makes sense......i can see why south korea would feel comfortable "taking over" now that n. korea has nukes and is backed into a corner....

the question ive asked before and never got an answer is ......why were there 70,000 career military troops sitting around in s. korea and germany,etc. .. but we had to send 70,000 national guard and reservists into iraq??


is there some kind of butt-kissing protocol ive never heard of ...that keeps them out of combat??

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