Comments on: U.S. lawmaker says S. Korea ‘forgotten ally’ http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/14/us-lawmaker-says-s-korea-forgotten-ally/ Korea... in Blog Format Thu, 4 Dec 2008 04:38:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: R.elgin http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/14/us-lawmaker-says-s-korea-forgotten-ally/#comment-20032 R.elgin Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:10:28 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1807#comment-20032 I appreciate what the BBC writes about the SK military: This is a time of transition for the South Korean military. The government is proposing an increase in spending to promote a more independent defence policy as the United States scales back its military presence in the country. There is talk of building a more professional and better equipped force that would deter North Korea's million-man army with technology rather than weight of numbers. The conscript army, backed by US military power, was once the unquestioned bedrock of national defence. But questions about the state of morale, the treatment of conscripts and levels of competence have seriously undermined public confidence. The link is here. I appreciate what the BBC writes about the SK military:
This is a time of transition for the South Korean military. The government is proposing an increase in spending to promote a more independent defence policy as the United States scales back its military presence in the country.

There is talk of building a more professional and better equipped force that would deter North Korea’s million-man army with technology rather than weight of numbers.

The conscript army, backed by US military power, was once the unquestioned bedrock of national defence.

But questions about the state of morale, the treatment of conscripts and levels of competence have seriously undermined public confidence.

The link is here.

]]> By: kimbob http://www.rjkoehler.com/2005/07/14/us-lawmaker-says-s-korea-forgotten-ally/#comment-20031 kimbob Fri, 15 Jul 2005 03:49:37 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=1807#comment-20031 Yeah, like that'll convince them. Yeah, like that’ll convince them.

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