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To: i-node who wrote (161216)	2/16/2003 2:37:34 PM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573718

>I'm not trying to say we would never have a presence in a foreign country again. But do we really need to leave huge military presence everywhere we go? 100K troops in Germany, and Cold War has been over for years. 37K in Korea, been there for 50 years. I don't see that we get value... Germany I agree with you on... we've done what we're going to do there, and whether we can see eye to eye with them anymore, they have now reached the endgame, which was to make them a (perhaps too) liberal democracy. South Korea is one too, but we can't ignore the fact that they've got a nuclear neighbor that they're now beginning to support. Why is this, anyway? I can posit two reasons: One, because the foul wind from Europe's blown west... everyone's jealous of America. Two, because there remains a base of Communist sympathizers who've managed to get a foothold among the people by spreading the myth that Korea, once united, was actually divided by the evil Americans in the Korean War. Now, we all know that that's not true, but it's what the people there believe, and we have to deal with it. Got sidetracked, but in conclusion, we need to be wise when choosing our battles, but when one's worth fighting, we can't shy away from it. -Z