European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. January 12, 1995 x commentary the stars and St triess. Korea should learn to handle own defense North koreans Downing of n . Army helicopter that strayed Over its territory last month raises a question that the Clinton administration would rather have unasked. It is Why arc 37,000 american service members still deployed in vulnerable front line positions Between the commit nist North and the capitalist South 41 years after the War , Cutler korean ended answers Given our ally in truth they Washington Hasni to by the White House and state department have a ritual sound. The troops arc there to keep the peace on the korean Peninsula. They Are present to deter a North korean attack on Are there adjusted because to vast changes made in Asia Over the past four decades and because it lacks the wit to extract them from a dangerous place where they hardly belong. A when Kim ii Sung a legions poured Over the demilitarized zone in 1950, the United states went to War because it feared Moscow and Beijing were about to. Take Over All of Asia. The same fear led us into Vietnam. To repel North korean invaders and later chinese a volunteers a the United states suffered 157,530 casualties include. Ing 54,246 dead. A new korean War might not be very much less costly ,. But now North Korea is hungry and on the verge of economic collapse. Its former patrons seem uninterested in adventures and expansion. Russia is struggling to hold its territory together China to get Rich at any Cost. And South Korea no longer is the impoverished ruin it. Was in 1,953. With 44 million people it has twice the population of the North. Its Economy outstrips its rivals by tenfold. Its Lead in technology is immense. Seoul lacks Only one thing the willingness to make the sacrifices to match a the North Man. For Man tank for tank gun for gun the military balance stain at North 1.1 million soldiers 3�?o8t 0 tanks 10,300 artillery pieces South 655,000 men 1,800 tanks 4,500 artillery. Why does the South refuse to attend to its own Security although it has the. Means to do so it believes in an economical defense counting on the Macri cans to Supply the reinforcements to turn the tide against a Northern attack. Since the late 1980s, Seoul a defense spending has dropped steadily As a percentage of its budget. Last year much of its military activity consisted of jailing retiring and reassigning graft taking officers. As in Japan the United states is insisting on providing military Security to people with an anti american Streak. J3oih countries believe in one Way Trade a pumping goods into the United states and resisting imports from Here. When South Korea is a threatened Quot with . Agricultural imports Farmers riot and students a tomorrows leaders Back a them a a a a a. A a a. A a meanwhile the . 2nd inf div is dug in Between Seoul and the dm2 30 Miles away it wartime assignment to gel chewed up in a fighting Retreat to. Allow time Lor More american troops to arrive. No prudent person should Call for an abrupt withdrawal of . Forces when Kim a succession in the North is Unherr Tain and the regime May have one or two atomic bombs. But Seoul should be Given say five years notice of a pullout of american ground troops and invited to adequately build up its forces . Air and naval Power should be available and if Pyongyang is insane enough to use its suspected bombs nuclear weapons too. But on the ground the message should be you can do the Job if you. Want to. And if you done to the consequences arc  Scripps Howard news Sarvice new study finds Domestic abuse in t yet history by Joyce Gabriel we All know the world can be a dangerous place but in a not sure we All realize How close to Home that danger is. The findings of a Long term study on Domestic violence commissioned by the advertising Council and the family violence prevention fund have just been published and the results Are shocking. According to the study about 30. Percent of americans say they know a woman who is currently a victim of spousal abuse. Despite that knowledge Only 18 percent said they be tried to help reduce Domestic violence in the past year. When the study looked at attitudes toward Domestic violence there was a Large gender Gap. Women arc much More Likely than men to see Domestic violence As an important social Issue. For example 77 percent of women believe that abusers should be arrested men Are divided in their opinion with 54 percent saying abusers should be arrested and 48 percent saying the police should talk to the abuser in inc Many a own Home. The. And Council did the study As a prelude to a  service Campaign design Natl to help combat Domestic violence. 1 find the statistics staggering if True. Thirty years after feminism women Are still being beaten in their own Homes and not just a scattered few. According to the California based family violence prevention fund 3.9. Million women in the United states Are beaten every year. A third of All women killed in the United states arc killed As a result of Domestic violence 1thy to View these findings analytically but it is impossible. I can see battered laces and battered bodies eyes swollen shut lips Cut Cheeks lacerated welts and bruises on the soft curved places on the bodies of the gentler sex it is horrifying. And we know from reports in the Media and from other studies that Domestic violence cuts across All age. And ethnic groups As Well As income Levels. A banker can be an abuser As easily As a Longshoreman. The Good news about the and Council Campaign is that the ads will contain a free hot line number that people can Call to receive action kits that will Tell them How they can reduce Domestic violence in their own communities through programs that have worked elsewhere. A. Building this kind of awareness is essential to combating the problem. If you know someone w to is a batterer let him know that his behaviour will not be tolerated and offer to help him get counselling. Do this when he is Calm and away from his victim. If a victim of Domestic violence tells you about her problem in Confidence never confront her batterer. He could Well take out his anger on her. Finally schools and parents can help by showing Chib Dren that boys and girls should come together As equals. A. So often men who become batterers not Only grew up seeing violence they saw a father who had to be the. King of his Castle with his wife his inferior. It s these kinds of attitudes that have to change \. Lets Hope with this kind of Community based aware. Ness support and intervention Domestic violence will fade As a National crime problem. A. C Stamford advocate