To: nwctwx
They have not had an enemy until they have The Republic of Korea as an enemy.
The new Iraq government ought to rent the Tiger Division as their police force.
13 posted on
06/20/2004 1:42:10 PM PDT by
OldEagle
(Haven't been wrong since 1947.)
To: OldEagle
"They have not had an enemy until they have The Republic of Korea as an enemy." P.J. O'Rourke characterized them (my memory--paraphrase) as 'tough little bastards who love to fight.'
--Boris
47 posted on
06/20/2004 2:16:42 PM PDT by
boris
(The deadliest weapon of mass destruction in history is a Leftist with a word processor)
To: OldEagle
"They have not had an enemy until they have The Republic of Korea as an enemy. The new Iraq government ought to rent the Tiger Division as their police force." Yup. Don't mess with those guys. I was about five miles off-shore when the ROK made a WW-2 type landing onto the beaches at Qui Non in 1966-67. VC activity in the area ceased immediately.
72 posted on
06/20/2004 2:56:38 PM PDT by
blam
To: OldEagle
The Iraqi's don't want the tigers hunting, they may want to talk with any VC Left over from that war, who lived in the II Corps area.
78 posted on
06/20/2004 3:02:44 PM PDT by
dts32041
(What is the exit strategy for Europe and Japan ? - I don't think there was one, we are still there..)
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