Gen MacArthur’s Statue Generates Veneration & Protest in Korea
The anniversary of the 52nd armistice for the Korean War is close at hand. There is a battle over the statue of General MacArthur at Freedom Park in Inchon.
These quotes are from an article entitled, “Gen. MacArthur Statue Spawns Korea Protest:”
“…a small group of anti-MacArthur demonstrators marched at a MacArthur war memorial in the western city of Incheon, site of the late general's 1950s landing. Thousands of MacArthur supporters confronted the protesters in Freedom Park,”
“Most people involved in the debate are elderly with personal memories of the Korean War and the bitter ideological struggles that South Korea endured in its early years.”
“Not even dogs forget their benefactors," said former South Korean U.N. Ambassador Park Keun,…”
Gateway Pundit has photos here.
See my previous blog on the Korean War Armistice Day.
These quotes are from an article entitled, “Gen. MacArthur Statue Spawns Korea Protest:”
“…a small group of anti-MacArthur demonstrators marched at a MacArthur war memorial in the western city of Incheon, site of the late general's 1950s landing. Thousands of MacArthur supporters confronted the protesters in Freedom Park,”
“Most people involved in the debate are elderly with personal memories of the Korean War and the bitter ideological struggles that South Korea endured in its early years.”
“Not even dogs forget their benefactors," said former South Korean U.N. Ambassador Park Keun,…”
Gateway Pundit has photos here.
See my previous blog on the Korean War Armistice Day.
posted by Paul Coambs | 6:02 PM
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