Bill Clinton To North Korea To Negotiate For Journalists

10:33 pm EST August 3rd, 2009 | News | 4 Comments

CNN is reporting that President Clinton is going to North Korea to try and negotiate the release of the journalists they’re holding, Laura Ling and Euna Lee of Current TV…

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4 Responses to “Bill Clinton To North Korea To Negotiate For Journalists”

  1. Jaim says:
    August 4, 2009 at 12:12 am

    IMO this is stupid. North Korea wants, above all else, attention that it seems to think will validate it as a nation.

    Not that there are any easy answers, since you do have to negotiate with these thugs, but this is more about Clinton’s ego than it is about viable, long-term answers for peace on the peninsula.

    So I’d be happy if he proves me wrong, but this seems like a really bad move. A Jesse Jackson-esque move, if you will.

  2. Oliver Willis says:
    August 4, 2009 at 1:38 am

    According to the NY Times story, President Clinton seems to be doing this with the administration’s blessing and not freelancing on his own. I don’t know that you can really tie the fate of these two women to the larger issue of North Korean disarmament, though.

  3. Quaker in a Basement says:
    August 4, 2009 at 2:12 am

    C’mon ‘wingers. I jus’ know you’re itchin’ to make a penis joke.

    Don’t stifle. Might hurt yourself.

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    August 4, 2009 at 10:59 am

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