I saw this in the article you linked to and it irks me everytime I see it. I should be careful in what I say here, so let me just suggest whenever reading articles that reference what Rumsfeld or other military spokespersons say, just read the the quotes and chuck the rest of the medias' reading miscomprehension into the toilet.

Yesterday the US also flagged the possible withdrawal of its 37,000 troops from South Korea, part of the rethink of a deployment in place since the end of the Korean War in 1953.



The US Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, said the US was consulting with South Korea and he suspected "we'll end up making some adjustments there".

"Whether the forces come home or whether they will move further south of the [Korean] peninsula or whether to some neighbouring area are the kinds of things that are being sorted out," he said at a "town hall" meeting in Germany.



And another thing, whenever the news media reports military excercises as "claimed by the military to have been planned well before current tensions in the region" beleive the military. If the news agencies would bother doing 30 minutes of actual research they could confirm it themselves, instead of leaving doubt open. . . Or maybe they know better and know that doubt compells you to watch more news. Hmmm. . .

I'm really starting to dislike all the BS the media puts out. I know it may be hard for 'some' people (not saying names here) to believe that the military isn't lying when it puts someting out, but from where I am sitting, most of the time its the only source telling the truth and not making stuff up to boost its ratings.

Regards,
-Justin Kelly