-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- Some time ago -- coupla weeks -- someone posted something about G.I.s and their untoward behaviour in Kosovaria. I reacted/responded ... and the following is *why*. Not all the Americans who go wherever are cross-culturally enabled. I doubt if these kinds of fellows would be culturally enabled in their (and our) home country. A<>E<>R ------- Forwarded message follows ------- Via NewsMax.Com Well, this is sort of expected. The Korean women are very nice in a customer service (legit) way. I saw some of this sort of behaviour at its earliest point of contact (women pressed / trapped up against walls by young American bucks). One reason *why* I changed marriages -- to get my then future spouse out of the way of the G.I.s (she was just a party companion, but in the midst of possible peril). As far the poor little SOB (McCarthy) is concerned, he'll get what he deserves. The Koreans aren't much better than the Turks as far as prisoner accommodation (no experience here on either side but they both have strict social mores). As far as the KNP is concerned, these little corporals forget (or never bothered to learn) that the KNP doesn't carry firearms (or didn't when I was there {pre-Olympics}). They also seem to forget the meanings of the word 'corporal'. However: they, KNP, compensate by having to know several separate martial arts; the citizens don't have a lot of guns but can learn TaiKwonDo (e.g.) so the police can do that as well as Karate, Judo, JiuJitsu, GungFu, and perhaps do a little French Savate on the perps' / belligerents' / criminals' pointy little heads. I never felt in danger, even though I was the one blond among thousands of brunet(te)s, while I was in Korea. I guess the thought of having to drag themselves to the nearest hospital with multiple contusions and ailing limbs didn't appeal to the populace so they exercise(d) restraint in violent behaviours. Just check out the demonstrators next time they're on the news. Parry and run is the usual maneuver. A<>E<>R "" Yongsan Police Station officials said the U.S. military has informed them that it would send the American soldier Wednesday to the South Korean police."" """This soldier was apprehended by the U.S. authorities after a rapid and coordinated investigation by the Korean National Police and the U.S. Criminal Investigation Department," she said."" U.S. Soldier Detained After Death of Waitress UPI February 22, 2000 A United States soldier is under arrest after he allegedly killed a South Korean waitress, South Korean and U.S. officials said Tuesday. The U.S. serviceman was identified as 22-year-old Corporal Christopher K. McCarthy of the 47th Calvary Regiment at Camp Garry Owen, north of Seoul, said Lee Ferguson, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Forces Korea. "This soldier was apprehended by the U.S. authorities after a rapid and coordinated investigation by the Korean National Police and the U.S. Criminal Investigation Department," she said. Seoul's Yongsan Police Station said McCarthy has confessed his involvement in the killing of the 32-year-old waitress at a foreigners-only bar in Itaewon, Seoul, late Saturday. McCarthy said he strangled the waitress to death after she refused his sexual advances, police officials said. The woman was found dead with severe bruises on her face and neck. Under the Status of Forces Agreement governing U.S. troops in South Korea, McCarthy remains under U.S. custody while American and South Korean authorities conduct a joint probe. But as the crime was committed outside U.S. military installations, South Korea can exercise its right to detain the American suspect. Yongsan Police Station officials said the U.S. military has informed them that it would send the American soldier Wednesday to the South Korean police. The revision of SOFA, a set of rules governing the 37,000 U.S. servicemen stationed in South Korea, is one of the prickliest issues between the two countries, as crimes by American soldiers have been on the rise. South Korea's civic organizations have increasingly pressured the government to amend what they regard as an "unfair" accord. Bilateral talks on SOFA revision have been suspended since 1996. U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Stephen Bosworth said in a recent interview with a Seoul daily that "there are undoubtedly differences [on changes to the SOFA], but we have to continue discussing them and work to find a mutually acceptable solution." -- Copyright 2000 by United Press International. All rights reserved. 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