[2ndDivisionVet]

That's how you start a panic. I would be perfectly happy to be stationed in Korea again, like I was in 1978-79 and 1981-82. Best thing that happened to me in the service. Great hard-working, intelligent people. They went from complete and utter devastation in 1953 to being arguably the most advanced country in the world today. Would that African countries would model themselves after South Korea.

[vette6387]

“Would that African countries would model themselves after South Korea. “

But it’s such a “stretch” from dirt floored huts and honey pits. The only thing I can conclude is that all the African Rocket Scientists are all working for NASA.

[caww]

....”Would that African countries would model themselves after South Korea”...

Never happen....you're talking two very distinct and vastly different cultures. Africa is an International Welfare Country for the most part throughout....not to mention extremely high illiteracy.... The overall public is accustomed to decades of International Food Programs so the people are ‘fixed’ in their ‘role’. .... Add into that mix are all the conflicts which have raged for years over which next militia groups etc. are going to get the Gov. revenues in their own pockets.....it's not even close to what the S. Korean people are about.