THIS IS NOT SOMETHING I SAW OR HEARD FROM AMERICAN MEDIA

According to Al Jazeera:  "About 28,500 US troops are stationed in South Korea, and crimes involving them have caused anti-American sentiments among many South Koreans.

In 2002, the acquittals of two American soldiers whose armoured vehicle ran over and killed two South Korean schoolgirls during training prompted massive nationwide protests against the US military presence in the country.

Tuesday's sentencing is the longest prison term for an American soldier stationed in South Korea since 1993, when a US soldier was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a South Korean bar employee, according to the foreign ministry. His life sentence was later reduced to 15 years, and the soldier was eventually released in 2006."  I t said further:  "The 21-year-old soldier entered a low-budget dorm-style room early on September 24 and sexually assaulted and tormented the victim, threatening her with a pair of scissors. He then robbed her of 5,000 won ($4.50) before running away, said the court in the city of Uijeongbu, north of Seoul"

While it can be understood that young, healthy men may long for sex, it is not acceptable to treat a country as though we are barbarian occupiers. This behavior rarely makes it to the general public in the US who would like to have us all think that ALL our fighting men are well-behaved, until another country begins to tell the world as it has about Afghanistan and Iraq, how some behave to what should be the shame of the rest of us as Americans.

Respect for all citizens hosting our troops should be taught and regulated with a very heavy hand.