Comments on: Korea to send 400 troops to Lebanon

By: railwaycharm

railwaycharm — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:03:35 +0000

Of course they will over-state. Its the game of big dick little dick. Are you not used to that yet?

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 09:56:53 +0000

“i wonder why the koreans waited till some 10,000 of them died in vietnam.” –nulji the expat

It was actually about 5,000, but who’s counting?

Anyways, that was Korea…this is Corea. Very different.

By: railwaycharm

railwaycharm — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 06:48:59 +0000

The Vietcong would rather fight the Americans than the Koreans. They would leave nothing alive when they cleared a village and the bush for that matter.

By: michael

michael — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:19:17 +0000

A BBC report yesterday said Hezbollah is not only rearming, it warned that UN troops will be attacked if they “interfere.” I wish them all well.

By: Paul H.

Paul H. — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 17:12:47 +0000

Another ominous article about the Hezbollah-Israel “Mexican standoff”, again from a Brit newspaper (Times of London):

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/a.....28,00.html

>>Hezbollah’s missiles back in Lebanon

By: Lazy_Contractor

Lazy_Contractor — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:37:52 +0000

pawikirogi:

Actually, Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger aborted the missions to retaliate against the terrorists - citing relations in the Arab world. I wouldn’t pin that on Reagan being a coward. Reagan wanted to “blow shit up” (initally) as did the Frenchies - but you know how OIL and MONEY work in the world of polotics.

Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1.....ks_bombing

On a personnal note, friends and co-workers have said in the past that ROK troops are pretty bad-ass (ass-kickers). I didn’t worke with ROk troops when i was enlisted, so I can only assume the troops would be good to go - but the polotics involved may scratch the operation if they take casualities. Civilians an poloticians being pussies and all about bodycounts. (See current Iraq War.)

By: pawikirogi

pawikirogi — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:45:25 +0000

‘i’m expecting them to withdraw once casualties reach five.’ mark the expat

i wonder why the koreans waited till some 10,000 of them died in vietnam. perhaps you’re confusing korean resolve with reaganite cowardice during the marine barracks attack in lebanon.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 23:25:47 +0000

John Keegan is usually right, so hopefully we will see the first test of Korea’s mettle since Vietnam.

I’m expecting them to withdraw once casualties exceed 5.

By: Paul H.

Paul H. — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:08:11 +0000

The specifics of the deployment should prove to be of intense interest; for example, will the Korean battalion be located adjacent to any French ones?

“Peretz: French UNIFIL commanders say will shoot at IAF overflights”, Israeli newspaper article dated 17 October

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/775387.html

By: Paul H.

Paul H. — Sat, 11 Nov 2006 20:12:54 +0000

This Daily Telegraph column from a week ago, from their “Defence Editor” the well-known military historian John Keegan, predicts an imminent renewal of the war between Israel and Hezbollah.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opi.....do0302.xml

Don’t know that I agree with him but I think his theory ought to be of intense interest to ROK citizens, if anybody has translated it.

He takes particular note of the importance of the bunker/cave system built up by Hezbollah over the 6 years prior to this summer’s war. I suspect that the Hezbollah were mere beginners compared to the bunker/cave system built up by the North above the DMZ during the last 50 years. I wonder if Koreans (both north and south) made a note of the similarities in the two situations?