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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (185158)	3/19/2004 1:43:22 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572172

They elected Roh partly because he is more anti-American than his main opponent, Lee, You mean Koreans don't like bush either? By the way, South Korea has mandatory military service, if you didn't already know. It should be obvious why. That makes the sending of troops to Iraq even worse, since none of the troops volunteered to be sent to a foreign country. Ah...that makes all the difference in the world. Drafted armies should only be used to fight truly necessary defensive wars, rather than elective ones. See, that's why we need a draft. Al

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (185158)	3/19/2004 3:21:07 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572172

By the way, South Korea has mandatory military service, if you didn't already know. It should be obvious why. That makes the sending of troops to Iraq even worse, since none of the troops volunteered to be sent to a foreign country. Why it took this long for Korea to "balk" is beyond me, and it's made even more unfortunate with the timing of the Madrid bombings and Zapatero's subsequent election. SK was looking for an excuse and it found it with Madrid. This has never been the coalition of the willing except with the UK and Spain. Powell did a lot of arm twisting coupled with offers of free money. The upshot..............the US looks stupid. ted