http://freekorea.us/2004/12/03/this-is-not-how-allies-deal-with-each-other-2/ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://freekorea.us/2004/12/03/this-is-not-how-allies-deal-with-each-other-2/comment-page-1/#comment-55238 Zaytun Unit Iraq Deployment Extended at ROK Drop Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:56:16 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2361#comment-55238 [...] I have been against the Zaytun deployment since before the unit was ever deployed because I figured the unit would not be allowed to do much of anything meaningful which is evident by the fact they can’t even go to a local market place to buy supplies in the highly friendly and secure Kurdish region of Iraq.  They did do a good job with the toilets though.  Plus if there was a mass casualty attack or as we saw with the Taliban, a pro-longed hostage crisis, the anti-US groups, politicians, and media in Korea would waste no time capitalizing on it.  Additionally, the Korean government will expect unrealistic political benefits from the dispatch of the troops.  [...] [...] I have been against the Zaytun deployment since before the unit was ever deployed because I figured the unit would not be allowed to do much of anything meaningful which is evident by the fact they can’t even go to a local market place to buy supplies in the highly friendly and secure Kurdish region of Iraq.  They did do a good job with the toilets though.  Plus if there was a mass casualty attack or as we saw with the Taliban, a pro-longed hostage crisis, the anti-US groups, politicians, and media in Korea would waste no time capitalizing on it.  Additionally, the Korean government will expect unrealistic political benefits from the dispatch of the troops.  [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2004/12/03/this-is-not-how-allies-deal-with-each-other-2/comment-page-1/#comment-53707 Zaytun to Stay in Iraq? at ROK Drop Mon, 10 Sep 2007 21:16:45 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2361#comment-53707 [...] Just for the record I have been against the Zaytun deployment since before the unit was ever deployed because I figured the unit would not be allowed to do much of anything meaningful which is evident by the fact they can’t even go to a local market place to buy supplies in the highly friendly and secure Kurdish region of Iraq.  They did do a good job with the toilets though.  Plus if there was a mass casualty attack or as we saw with the Taliban, a pro-longed hostage crisis, the anti-US groups, politicians, and media would waste no time capitalizing on it.  Additionally, the Korean government would expect unrealistic political benefits from the dispatch.  [...] [...] Just for the record I have been against the Zaytun deployment since before the unit was ever deployed because I figured the unit would not be allowed to do much of anything meaningful which is evident by the fact they can’t even go to a local market place to buy supplies in the highly friendly and secure Kurdish region of Iraq.  They did do a good job with the toilets though.  Plus if there was a mass casualty attack or as we saw with the Taliban, a pro-longed hostage crisis, the anti-US groups, politicians, and media would waste no time capitalizing on it.  Additionally, the Korean government would expect unrealistic political benefits from the dispatch.  [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2004/12/03/this-is-not-how-allies-deal-with-each-other-2/comment-page-1/#comment-51384 Outsourcing the Zaytun Unit at ROK Drop Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:56:55 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2361#comment-51384 [...] Just for the record I have been against the Zaytun deployment since before the unit was ever deployed because I figured the unit would not be allowed to do much of anything meaningful which is evident by the fact they can’t go to the market to buy cloth.  Plus if there was a mass casualty attack or as we see with the Taliban, a pro-longed hostage crisis, the anti-US groups, politicians, and media would waste no time capitalizing on it.  Additionally, the Korean government would expect unrealistic political benefits from the dispatch.  [...] [...] Just for the record I have been against the Zaytun deployment since before the unit was ever deployed because I figured the unit would not be allowed to do much of anything meaningful which is evident by the fact they can’t go to the market to buy cloth.  Plus if there was a mass casualty attack or as we see with the Taliban, a pro-longed hostage crisis, the anti-US groups, politicians, and media would waste no time capitalizing on it.  Additionally, the Korean government would expect unrealistic political benefits from the dispatch.  [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2004/12/03/this-is-not-how-allies-deal-with-each-other-2/comment-page-1/#comment-28910 Totten on the ROK Army in Iraq at ROK Drop Tue, 20 Mar 2007 11:36:27 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2361#comment-28910 [...] I have been against the Zaytun unit deployment from the beginning due to the political costs the Koreans were demanding along with the fact that if a mass casualty event happened the anti-US hate groups and demagogue politicians in Korea would use it to advance their own anti-US agendas.  Fortunately Kurdistan has turned out to be safer for ROK Army soldiers than remaining in Korea where the ROK Army in the last couple of years has lost numerous soldiers to accidents and multiple shooting rampages.  By comparison, not one ROK Army soldier has been killed in Kurdistan.  [...] [...] I have been against the Zaytun unit deployment from the beginning due to the political costs the Koreans were demanding along with the fact that if a mass casualty event happened the anti-US hate groups and demagogue politicians in Korea would use it to advance their own anti-US agendas.  Fortunately Kurdistan has turned out to be safer for ROK Army soldiers than remaining in Korea where the ROK Army in the last couple of years has lost numerous soldiers to accidents and multiple shooting rampages.  By comparison, not one ROK Army soldier has been killed in Kurdistan.  [...]

]]> http://freekorea.us/2004/12/03/this-is-not-how-allies-deal-with-each-other-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5546 OneFreeKorea » The Death of an Alliance, Part 61: S. Korea’s Withdrawal from Withdrawal Sun, 03 Dec 2006 01:37:50 +0000 http://freekorea.us/?p=2361#comment-5546 [...] The other reason Korea sent troops was to buy a softer U.S. line toward North Korea.  On balance, removing even a portion of this claim on our North Korea policy means much more than the Zaitun Brigade’s presence meant for Iraq’s, or America’s, security. [...] [...] The other reason Korea sent troops was to buy a softer U.S. line toward North Korea.  On balance, removing even a portion of this claim on our North Korea policy means much more than the Zaitun Brigade’s presence meant for Iraq’s, or America’s, security. [...]

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