Doesn’t matter.
They are American soldiers.
They deserve the respect of having the flag they fought and died under, U.N. Police Action or not, draping their flags.
This was a sign of disrespect.
Which is precisely the point. Whether you like it or not, they fought under the UN flag. This is historically accurate and appropriate.
The United Nations was conceived, by us, as a supra-national government that would keep peace between nation states and other actors. The Korean War was the first major test of that hypothesis and as unsatisfying as the result might seem, it worked. The Sino-Soviet bloc was not able to invade and take over an independent nation and South Korea has developed into a first world country after being terribly devastated.
As others have stated, it was a UN action and the UN is showing them the respect they deserve by providing them with the UN flag.
When they are properly interned here at home, they will be honored with OUR US flag.......lighten up Francis
Too early to know if they are American soldiers or a soldier from one of the other countries from the UN Command. Those countries were willing and allies of the United States and their contributions were significant. Once the remains are identified, they can be honored by the flag of their country. Most will be Americans.
I agree to an extent. The truth js that no one really knows who is in the boxes. It may be years before the remains are identified. Once they are identified as Americans they will certainty be buried with honors wrapped in their American flags.
They were fighting under the UN flag for the UN.
"This was a sign of disrespect."
No, it was not. At this point there is absolutely no assurance that any of the remains are from U.S servicemen.
Take it up with Truman, the Korean War was a UN operation. FYI, I think Truman was a horrible president.
Maybe they are US soldiers remains. Lets wait and see.
Are you sure that they are all US remains?