September 25, 2005

[MUST SEE] Attack on MacArthur‘an Insult to All UN Soldiers’: Envoy

Attack on McArthur is an attack on the United Nations and the thousands of foreigners who died for South Korea's independence

By attacking his statue and his memory, these protestors are also denigrating ALL those foreign soldiers under the UN command, who came to fight alongside South Korea in that war. There were men and women from more than 20 nations involved, including my own. Tens of thousands of them gave their lives so that South Korea should remain free and independent.

The U.K. Ambassador in Seoul on Friday pitched into debate about a statue of general Douglas MacArthur in Incheon’s Freedom Park, saying any attack denigrates all foreign soldiers who fought under UN command at the time. Warwick Morris made the remarks in a letter to the Chosun Ilbo.

If Korea’s friends and Korean War veterans from many countries are not to feel insulted, the Korean press and leading figures need to speak up, the envoy demanded.

The full text follows:

"Dear Sir,

"I have been saddened to read that a group of protestors attacked and called for the removal of the statue of the U.S. general MacArthur in Incheon. The statue was erected to commemorate the Incheon Landing, which he led, and which was one of the most decisive interventions of the Korean War. British naval vessels were among those involved. By attacking his statue and his memory, these protestors are also denigrating ALL those foreign soldiers under the UN command, who came to fight alongside South Korea in that war. There were men and women from more than 20 nations involved, including my own. Tens of thousands of them gave their lives so that South Korea should remain free and independent. Without the fierce allied fighting that followed there was a real chance that South Korea, by then pinned down to Busan, would have been overrun.

"None of us can change our country’s history. What happened, happened, and we should respect the right for people to demonstrate peacefully, but these protestors risk alienating more than just American friends. I am glad there have been some firmly-worded editorials, and that a number of leading figures, including Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon, have spoken up. They need to, and strongly, if good friends of Korea and war veterans from many countries are not to feel insulted."

Yours sincerely

Warwick Morris
British Ambassador

Originally reported by Chosun Ilbo

 

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