The hasen't been an amphidious assult/landing(not including Solmalia) since Korea.
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because the Marine Corps is essentially better.  The training is much harder starting with boot camp.  They don't baby you, they expect you to be a man and be responsible.  The Marine Corps is a smaller fighting force that can be anywhere in the world within 24 hours.  They have their own air wing complete with F-18s.  We have our own helicopters and our own tanks.  We're basically every other branch combined, but more compact and easier to deploy.  As such, the Marines are not built to be an occupying force.  Look at Somalia and even Iraq, the Marines took over the area, then things started to go downhill after it was turned over to the army.  Basically, the army CAN'T do the same thing, they don't have all of their own assets like air wings.  Most of the time, they are MUCH slower to deploy, and can often take an act of Congress.  There's a reason we're called America's 9-1-1 force.  \n\nThe Marines are the only branch that bestow the title Marine upon you.  Air Force has Airmen, Navy has Sailors, and Army has soldiers.  NEVER call a Marine a soldier, as it will be considered insulting.\n\nDid you know that ALL of America's foreign embassies are under the sole guardianship of the US Marines?
260510
Yeah, they could have. Any religion could have. It's just a matter of time. Although I can't see no buddhists bombing towers... :) I am no buddhist.
262940
Why doesn't the US try keeping its nose out of other peoples business.  Afghanistan is still a stuff up many years down the line, and last time you took on Korea your country didn't fare too well.\n  Maybe US policy should try to concentrate on its own internal problems.
161418
China has Started a manned Space programme and has said it's aim is to land on the Moon.\n\nSo the Yanks will Try to get get there first.\n\nBut their Space programme is still not up and running properly since the Columbia disaster.
267571
no proably 10 to 15 years from now historins will be looking at natfa,free trade with Chinia and vietnam, the inability to take on terrorist and instuting wire tapping ,not doing anything about corparate corrpation as the worst policies Americia could have followed.
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Austria - It is one beautiful country. It is relatively central. And it's too close to something being in Asia again (remember that Bejing is in the summer of 08). And Russia is simply not ready. Besides - winter sports in the Alps? Can't think of any better backdrop!
384531
It tells me that after all this time, we havn't changed all that much.
184982
You should do more research on the UN. They don't get any publicity when they are successful. They have prevented many civil wars since the 70's, such as Crete, Haiti, etc.
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seems like it\n\nI have nothing against the south, but some people seem too.\n\nDont forget Vietnam, China and Taiwan, and the Korea's\n\nBut the UK and US don't seem to have civil war issues anymore
406202
they are a piece of S@*#. They don't go up a semi-steep hill and they don't go to far on hills.
88624
The US didn't act unilaterally in Korea... there were other countries involved in the fighting and dying there.\n\nThe UK lost 710 KIA\nTurkey 717 KIA\nAstralia 291 KIA\nCanada 309 KIA\nFrance 288 KIA... and there were others as well... even some Ethiopians.\n\nThe Bosian war really does not fit well with the other conflicts mentioned... come to think of it, neither does Somolia.\n\nIn Bosnia we came in really to settle the matter.  The countries had been fighting for a couple of years at that point and when the US came it, it was really signaled the end of the conflict.  When the US entered Korea and Vietnam, it was really just the begining.\n\nThere was no central government in Ethiopia.\n\nThe US did not play the agressor role in Korea... North Korea did.  The US did not play the agressor role in Somalia... there was no governemnt and it was maily a humanitarian mission.
491414
The Phillipines are far from stable.\n\nAs part of the end of WWII Japan was forbidden to raise a military.  We are there to provide them with protection.  Japan wants us there.
431337
It didn't matter back then.
663879
The US has been over there off & on since the first World War.  Lately, we've been over there since 9-11 happened back in 01.
271488
The very fact that we know mountains are "worn down", but we do have mountains means there is mountain building. Otherwise, there had to be no mountains.
588187
There is no official peace treaty, so yes.. they are still in a state of war. The Korean border is the most heavily guarded in the world.
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Mainly because the U.N. won't act in a manner in which it said it was supposed to when first chartered.  A few nations take the initiative to be involved when there should be a general agreement on handling these situations by the majority of the nations to be involved