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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (287312)	5/9/2006 4:59:48 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1574852

South Korea Begins Cutting Troops in Iraq South Korea began bringing troops home from Iraq Tuesday under a plan to scale back its presence there by a third, military officials said. Seoul plans to withdraw about 1,000 of its 3,200-member contingent stationed in northern Iraq by the end of this year. The first reduction of soldiers came Tuesday as part of a troop rotation, in which South Korea brought home more troops than those sent to Iraq to replace them, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. A total of 497 troops left Iraq, while 457 were sent as their replacements — resulting in a net reduction of 40 soldiers in the South Korean contingent. The troop cut was partly in response to lawmakers' and citizens' calls to reduce the country's troop level in Iraq amid security concerns, as other U.S. allies pull out of the coalition or scale back their participation. The country's parliament endorsed the cutback plan in December, when lawmakers also approved extending the overall deployment by another year. South Korea deployed nearly 3,600 troops in the northern Iraq city of Irbil in 2004, making it the second-largest U.S. coalition partner after Britain.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (287312)	5/9/2006 5:12:27 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574852

"who said I wanted to do away with law enforcement and the judicial system? Not even libertarians want that." You sound awful certain of that... There are many flavors of libertarians. Some favor a private police and judicial system. Why they can't see the glaring problem with this one is totally beyond me. There are also those who see even that as too constraining. By no means do I think everything should be managed by the state. But sometimes you need it to guarantee your rights.