[jimt]

We need to invite some ROK troops into Afghanistan.

You betcha !

If they came it would be great. My buddies tell tales of the Viet Cong & NVA going many miles out of their way to avoid the ROK troops.

Anyone above the rank of corporal was a black belt in martial arts. Tough was too wimpy a word to describe these guys.

They'd be worthy allies if they're like they used to be.

[af_vet_rr]

If they came it would be great. My buddies tell tales of the Viet Cong & NVA going many miles out of their way to avoid the ROK troops.

I had a cousin in the Marines who spent a couple of tours in Vietnam, which is how I heard about them. He said anytime they went out on patrol or on sweeps and had ROK Marines or soldiers with them, they were usually quiet, since the NVA/VC fled for the hills (literally) if they knew the ROK troops were out and about. He said it was a running joke that the ROK troops weren't attacked unless the NVA/VC outnumbered them by at least 10-to-1 and even then NVA commanders were wary.

That wikipedia article I linked to, said the ROK Marines had a kill ratio of 25-to-1, but my cousin thinks the unofficial count was probably much higher.