"closure" at No Gun Ri

Dennis Perrin/Nancy Bauer bauerperrin at mindspring.com
Thu Jan 11 12:18:12 PST 2001


STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
>
> On behalf of the United States of America, I deeply regret that
>Korean civilians lost their lives at No Gun Ri in late July, 1950. The
>intensive, yearlong investigation into this incident has served as a
>painful reminder of the tragedies of war and the scars they leave behind
>on people and on nations.

Gee, that's great. Perhaps by 2020 the Koreans will get an apology for the US-backed Kwangju massacre in 1980. Still, I suppose this is better than what George Bush said during his administration, that he would never apologize for the United States, no matter what the facts were.

DP



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