LETTER TO SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST:
Interesting how Thomas Byrne manages to lavish all his praise on the "United Nations forces", at the 70th anniversary of the recapture of Seoul. Not a single mention of the United States which made up over 90% of the those forces and was indispensable to the ROK's establishment, security and economic growth.
I guess this is part of the narrative that the US is never to be praised, only to be excoriated.
I guess this is part of the narrative that the US is never to be praised, only to be excoriated.
Another example of this narrative was David Dodwell's hatchet job in "America is the biggest warmonger by far". Dodwell can reach this conclusion only if he limits it to "other" people. If you kill hundreds of millions of your own people — as did communist and fascist regimes in the 20th — apparently it doesn't count.
Enough of this tendentious moral equivalence. Give praise where it's due. In the Korean War, the United States was the key player in reclaiming Seoul and establishing its Republic. On the 75th anniversary of the U.N. let's recall it was the United States that midwifed its existence and still contributes more to its budget than the next three largest members combined.
