North Korea open for negotiations:
North Korea sentenced two American journalists to 12 years in prison labor camps after convicting them of illegally entering the country, a harsh penalty handed down after a closed trial and mysterious arrest that underline Pyongyang’s reputation for injustice and its hostile relationship with the U.S.
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Some analysts say they believe the sentencing marks a turning point in the reporters’ situation and that North Korea will now negotiate with the U.S. to arrange their release in exchange for a payment or a diplomatic visit. Pyongyang might seek an easing of the pressure being brought on it for exploding a nuclear device two weeks ago and firing and long-range missile in early April.
The WSJ noted in an earlier story that “Mr. Obama campaigned last year on a commitment to re-engage with regimes the Bush administration had considered pariahs.”
His commitment appears to have been been duly noted in Pyongyang.
Time to send in Alec Baldwin and Susan Sarandon
🙂
Rookie President, doing amateurish things, without any experience or background.
Except saying Hope and Change a lot.
I think Kim likes DVD’s. Hope Barry bribes him for their release with NTSC disks.
NK looking for its very own “new beginning”.
Is this when Dr.Evil comes out and asks for 1 billion dollars and everyone snickers?
Negotiations should begin with flights of B2 bombers dropping thousands of boxes with a chocolate bar and a single shot Liberator pistol inside. Starting with drops on some of Kimmy baby’s “re-education” camps and moving outward to the “collective farms”.
Flights to continue every single night until Kimmy baby shows up, in person, at the main border point with South Korea and apologizes to the presidents of S. Korea, the USA, the Queen and the frickin’ Emperor of Japan. On TV.
In his underwear.
Now THAT is a negotiation.
As an evil cinematic doctor, Esther, I feel it necessary to correct your misquote on my cryogenic brethren. He was indeed laughed at for asking for ONE-MILLION DOLLARS! Not a billion. Throw the man a frickin’ bone for goodness sake.
A million or a billion, thats chump change. Barry O gives out TRILLIONS, as with a “T”. Perhaps Kim could ask for an earmark to two, signed but not read.
Can’t see from here – is that North Korean fist clenched or not?
Two journalists decided to find out the hard way what most of us already know about the Hermit Kingdom: it’s an isolationist, totalitarian, xenophobic state.
Or – given that these are female journalists – perhaps Kim Jong Il is just “ronery”.
“Can’t see from here – is that North Korean fist clenched or not?” Posted by: Erik Larsen
I can see it from my porch. Looks like raised fist, middle finger up.
Al Gore has volunteered himself to go to the dear litter to negotiate. This is a mistake or should it be misteak. Look out Al your soo large and chewy and yummy; they could discern this bizaare twist as a food gift.
If Algore goes to N. Korea it’ll snow and wreck all their crops. Then the starving peasants will eat chubby little Kimmy and his well fed minions.
Job done!
Sounder – bwaa-haa! That’s exactly right.
Perhaps if O goes over and apologizes a bit, things will get better
Once again some tin-pot dictator from a s..t-hole nation will have a major effect on the fortunes of a U.S. president. This will be Mr. Obama’s Pueblo incident and how he responds will influence the public’s perception of his administration. If he caves in to this extortion attempt, or comes across with a wimpy response, his favourability ratings will plunge like a rock,
“We are the ones we’ve been waiting for”.
No, Barry. YOU are the one THEY’VE been waiting for. You – the apologist. See Barry go! Go Barry Go – go kiss some Commie ass. You’ve kissed alot of Muslim ass. See if Commie ass tastes the same.
The NK’s have the nerve of a canal horse.
The PRC complained that after to providing trainloads of food aid to NK that the trains were not returned. The NK’s obtusely replied that the trains were part of the aid…..PRC not amused.
After that BamBam thinks he can deal with these guys in any manner other than megatonnes. I like the “liberator Pistol” idea.
dont these people know about GPSes?
rule # 2: stay the &^%$^@ away from the n korean border.
Obamas lack of response means “change” will mean his drawers. and hope will be “hope they didnt see that”
Awe c’mon!
Someone has GOT to see the humor in this!!
North Korea will have to be bribed to release these women- something, I think, it wants.
Or, these women can recieve regular visits from their camera-laden lawyers while in the death camps, as well as aid. South Korea can get a great influx of weapons and China can be fined for aiding North Korea.
So, if I got this right, two stupid, moronic reporters (oops, being redundant here) thought “Hey! let’s sneak into the most repressive, human rights abusing basket-case of a country on the planet and see what happens!We’re cute! we’re American! All will play to our wishes!”.
Now, US of A is supposed to bail the mental giants out.
I can see the line-up at the prison right now, “now serving, number 863. cell 4.”.
Sharp as a sack of wet sand.
Powell Lucas – thanks – never heard of the Pueblo Incident before. Sorry for the longish post below, I usually try to keep it brief
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pueblo_(AGER-2)
Love this part:
Commander Lloyd M. Bucher, Commanding Officer of the Pueblo, was tortured and put through a mock firing squad in an effort to make him confess. Eventually the Koreans threatened to execute his men in front of him, and Bucher relented. None of the Koreans knew English well enough to write the confession, so they had Bucher write it himself.
They verified the meaning of his words, but failed to catch the pun when he said “We paean the North Korean state. We paean their great leader Kim Il Sung”[10][11] (“We paean” sounds almost identical to “we pee on”).
Unfortunately the nk problem is a good deal more prickly than most think it is. Their southern border has thousands of howitzers with rounds in their chambers aimed at Seoul. In a matter of seconds a hundred thousand plus ROKians would be dead if we attacked pre-emptively.
The big upshot near to medium term of the nuke test and Obama’s non- response is to convince a lot of japanese and roks that the US will not retaliate if NK strikes first. As a result it is now much more likely that Japan will build it’s own nukes within five years.
Add loss of the pre-eminence in the pacific theatre to the list of BO’s screw-ups.
My prayers are for Laura Ling and Euna Lee tonight. Theirs was a bold and daring attempt – we may never know how it really was – foolish or clever. But give them full credit for making the attempt. Their brass stands out in stark contrast to the usual weakness and timidity of my fellow Californians.
But nobody wants to hear about the starvation and hopelessness of North Korea. The giant elephant in the room is, even if a military solution is quick and easy, neither the US or South Korea, not to mention China or Japan, wants 24 million starving mouths to feed, like, instantly. Huge numbers will not survive based on logistical considerations alone. And the cost? Darn near astronomical. The US and South Korea’s politicians continually let things slide so the Great Catastrophe will not happen on their watch. But someday there will be hell to pay.
Give heir-designate Kim Jong-un courtside tickets for the Lakers for a year in exchange for freeing the two women, not to mention the rest of his people. Deal?
Awww cwap! Wad I godda do to get that cute Barry O’s attention?
Don send that ugry twoll Hiwwary Crinton, I want Barry!
I’m So Ronery
So ronery
So ronery and sadry arone
There’s no one
Just me onry
Sitting on my rittle throne
I work rearry hard and make up great prans
But nobody ristens, no one understands
Seems like no one takes me serirousry
And so I’m ronery
Poor rittle me
Too bad the 2 journalists weren’t Rush Limbaugh and Mike Duffy. Their big fat guts really need 12 years of hard labour! Of course those 2 chickens wouldn’t go because there’s no such thing as all you can eat buffets in NK.
> Al Gore has volunteered himself to go to the dear litter to negotiate.
Oh, God. Thy’ll hold him hostage. And if we don’t pay up, they may send him back!
“there’s no such thing as all you can eat buffets in NK”
… except for the official North Korean Fat Person, Kim Jong-il.
not stirred. are you losin it?