Re : Military Blames Lap dances

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>http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtri...reaking_3.html
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>U.S. military blames lap dances
>for declining military discipline
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>EAST-ASIA-INTEL.COM
>Tuesday, February 3, 2004
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>SEOUL -
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>The U.S. military has asked South Korea
>to ban lap dancing and other lewd acts
>at local nightclubs near its bases,
>saying they negatively impact military
>discipline.
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Hold it right there, General.

Order your men not to enter those night clubs.
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>The officials said the military was taking
>similar steps at other bases in the United
>States and overseas against lap dancing.
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>The U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division,
>which has 15,000 troops near the border
>with North Korea,
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>recently sent letters to the South Korean
>Special Tourist Association and local mayors
>urging a crack down on lap dancing clubs
>near barracks.
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>Describing
>"client-focused exotic dancing"
>as the principal cause of
>worsening military discipline,
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>the military letter called for local club
>owners to "prohibit any physical contact
>between dancers and (U.S.) customers."
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>South Korean lap dancing clubs are totally
>dependent on American customers because
>they are not allowed to take local clients.
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>U.S. officials declined to specify what
>they meant by worsening military discipline.
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>"We are following trends in the United States,"
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>Lt. Col. Chris Bailey,
>the 2nd Infantry Division's
>assistant chief of staff,
>told the Stars & Stripes newspaper.
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>The U.S. Forces Korea has consulted
>mainland laws banning lap dancing, he said.
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>The more than 90 American installations
>throughout South Korea have long been a
>source of friction between residents
>living near the U.S. facilities,
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>who complain of pollution, noise
>and traffic from the U.S. bases
>and occasional crimes by American troops.
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>Many crimes committed by U.S. servicemen
>involve nightclubs near their barracks.
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>Amid an increasing number of
>American troops accused of crimes,
>their legal protection has become
>a sensitive issues for the two
>governments.
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>"The USFK will root out any practices
>that go contrary to a positive environment
>for U.S. soldiers, Korean residents and
>people of all nationalities,"
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>said Chae Yang-To,
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>a spokesman for the 2nd Infantry Division.
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>The United States maintains 37,000 troops
>in South Korea to help defend it from a
>potential conflict with North Korea under
>a bilateral defense treaty signed after
>the 1950-1953 Korean War.
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