Public parks aren't the place for foreign political fights
Los Angeles Daily News editorial board
Posted:
08/21/2013 12:18:58 PM EDT
American parks and monuments shouldn't be used as political battlegrounds by other countries in dispute.
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South Korean war veterans hold their national flags near the statue symbolizing a wartime sex slave during a rally demanding full compensation and apology for wartime sex slaves from the Japanese. About 50 veterans participated in a rally ahead of the country's 68th anniversary of the Liberation Day from Japanese colonial rule. American cities with public parks and monuments are sometimes caught in such fights. ((AP Photo/Lee Jin-man))