On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 07:47:30 -0500, Cub Driver
wrote:


the freedom to get a job in another EU country
applies to the military as well.

Wow. No wonder the Brits are uneasy about their membership in the
Community.

My first reaction was what they would do when thousands of Turks
turned up at the recruiting office ... then I remembered the Ghurkas.

I read somewhere that in the Korean Conflict the Turkish troops were
regarded by the North Koreans as quite fearsome fighters. To the
extent that the North Koreans would avoid engagement in any area they
knew to have Turkish soldiers.

I haven't read much about Korea, so I don't have any feel for true
this is, though. Perhaps someone else knows?

Mary

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Mary Shafer Retired aerospace research engineer