Comments on: (Two Must Reads) OK, time for some serious posts now http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/16/two-must-reads-ok-time-for-some-serious-posts-now/ Korea... in Blog Format Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:11:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/16/two-must-reads-ok-time-for-some-serious-posts-now/#comment-59255 Sonagi Mon, 18 Dec 2006 00:48:13 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/16/two-must-reads-ok-time-for-some-serious-posts-now/#comment-59255 As noted in the OP, the ROK with some alleged help from Uncle Sam cleaned out any individuals or groups with strong leftist leanings, so its newly trained military had no enemies. Iraq, whose cities and regions are divided into Sunni and Shiite strongholds with international backers, will not be cleaned out of insurgents so easily. As noted in the OP, the ROK with some alleged help from Uncle Sam cleaned out any individuals or groups with strong leftist leanings, so its newly trained military had no enemies. Iraq, whose cities and regions are divided into Sunni and Shiite strongholds with international backers, will not be cleaned out of insurgents so easily.

]]> By: stat http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/16/two-must-reads-ok-time-for-some-serious-posts-now/#comment-59252 stat Sun, 17 Dec 2006 23:59:16 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2006/12/16/two-must-reads-ok-time-for-some-serious-posts-now/#comment-59252 <blockquote>it was in South Korea, after its liberation at the end of World War II, where we first attempted to build a national security force from the ground up. </blockquote> Didn't they just re-instate most of those who served under the Japanese? All of the top military brass had trained under Japan by the time of the Korean war, most of the upper levels of police were j-trained well past the war. could find some sources for that if anyone's really interested. Now, if anyone DID train up security forces from scratch in Korea, it was north of the border, where (unlike the south), all j-collaborators were swiftly removed from office. Guess the author couldn't suggest US ops taking lessons from the norks tho' :-D

it was in South Korea, after its liberation at the end of World War II, where we first attempted to build a national security force from the ground up.

Didn’t they just re-instate most of those who served under the Japanese? All of the top military brass had trained under Japan by the time of the Korean war, most of the upper levels of police were j-trained well past the war. could find some sources for that if anyone’s really interested.

Now, if anyone DID train up security forces from scratch in Korea, it was north of the border, where (unlike the south), all j-collaborators were swiftly removed from office. Guess the author couldn’t suggest US ops taking lessons from the norks tho’ :-D

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