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Skriven 2006-08-08 16:58:38 av Bob Ackley (1:2905/3)
  Kommentar till text 36165 av BOB KLAHN (1:123/140)
Ärende: Israel
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Replying to a message of BOB KLAHN to BOB ACKLEY:

 BK>>>  Not to pacify or control Japan, but to extend our power to other
 BK>>> parts of Asia. We still haven't pacified Iraq.

 BA>> People - particularly those who claim we aren't in Iraq to
 BA>> stay - get upset when
 BA>> I point out that we still have occupation troops in Europe,
 BA>> Japan and Korea, and
 BA>> those wars ended half a century ago or more.  I also note

 BK>  And none are "occupation troops".

Sure they are, we just don't call them that.  After all, the mission of our
troops
in Europe changed from simple occupation to to 'protecting' the Europeans from
invasion by the Soviets in the 1950s.  That threat ended in 1990 and the troops
are still there.  Why?

Same with Japan.  One can make a case that US troops in South Korea
are there to stop an invasion from North Korea (they're called a 'speed bump'),
however unlikely that event may be, but the South Koreans have a much stronger
economy and industrial base, and a lot more people than does the North and they
should be able to provide for their own defense.

 BA>> that the president solemnly promised the American people
 BA>> that our troops would be home from the Balkans by Christmas
 BA>> - of 1996; AFAIK they're still there.

 BK>  Yep. Now those I don't know about, but they may qualify as
 BK>  occupation troops.

What else would one call them?

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