Man, can we just draft a resolution to carpet bomb North Korea? Or at least send Solid Snake in there to rub out all their leadership? There are many, many reasons to dislike North Korea (a country rightly called a ‘thanatocracy’ by Christopher Hitchens) - and they just seem hell-bent on adding more to the list. Seriously. Kim Jong-Il is Cobra Commander incarnate.
North Korea convicted two American journalists and sentenced them Monday to 12 years of hard labor, intensifying the reclusive nation’s confrontation with the United States.
Washington said it would “engage in all possible channels” to win the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for former Vice President Al Gore’s San Francisco-based Current TV media venture.
There are fears Pyongyang is using the women as bargaining chips as the U.N. debates a new resolution to punish the country for its defiant May 25 atomic test and as North Korea seeks to draw Washington into direct negotiations.
The good news (if you can call it that) is that – in all likelihood – Ling and Euna Lee will probably be released after North Korea gains some political concessions from the U.S. I don’t like to see the United States kowtowing to Kim ‘I’m So Ronrey’ Jong-Il, but seeing as how Laura Ling’s sister is a prominent celebrity, I imagine there is some pressure on the State Department to do something about it. Plus, Hillary Clinton is the Secretary of State – and you just know she watches The View.
Why isn’t Al Gore screaming his head off? They _are_ his reporters, after all!
Eh, a deal’s in the works… they won’t serve 12 weeks, forget 12 years, before the US buys off the Freak and brings ‘em home.