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China-Japan-Koreas
U.N. agency urges more aid to NKorea
2005-05-27
Ummm... How 'bout "no"?
A United Nations agency is urging the United States, Japan and South Korea to give more food aid to North Korea despite current tensions in the region.
Can anybody think of a good reason why?
The World Food Program, which feeds about 6.5 million North Koreans, says donations should be increased regardless of the stand-off over the North's nuclear weapons, the Financial Times reported Friday.
Lessee, here... Do it For the Children™?
Aid agencies warn that food shortages are reaching a critical stage even as prices of stable goods soar, making life even more difficult for North Koreans, the report said.
And we should care why, precisely?
The WFP this week asked the South Korean government to increase its annual rice donations from last year's 100,000 tons to 150,000 tons, in addition to the 400,000 tons in bilateral food aid it gives. The United States in 2003 gave the WFP 100,000 tons of expensive food aid, such as vegetable oil, enriched corn soya blend, wheat flour and dried skimmed milk, but last year cut this in half, although Washington says it does not link humanitarian assistance to political events, the report said.
... even though it should.
Posted by:Fred

#17  All those well fed NORK military guys have enough extra food to fuel goose stepping and such how about they share? Oh I forgot the "Army First" program. I guess they can go hungry first too then. BTW ask China for the food. Any extra food we have ought to go directly to Darfur.
Posted by: Sock Puppet 0’ Doom   2005-05-27 18:22  

#16  Wait!!! I predict a nuke-for-food scandal happenning! Someone keep an eye on Kofi Annan!
Posted by: radrh8r   2005-05-27 18:01  

#15  Send him Hennessy Cognac steeped in Ebola.

It will take awhile to kill so will pass his food tasters.
Posted by: 3dc   2005-05-27 17:53  

#14  there's little AIDS in NK. When you can't move due to malnutrition and starvation, you can't f*&k
Posted by: Frank G   2005-05-27 17:41  

#13  What? UN wants more AIDS in NKorea???
Posted by: radrh8r   2005-05-27 17:40  

#12  Why not kill two birds with one stone and move the UN from New York to PyongYang? Plenty of parking and the NorKs should really appreciate Ambassador Bolton.
Posted by: RWV   2005-05-27 17:08  

#11  
U.N. agency urges more aid to NKorea
Sure, UN, I'd love to help the NKors out.

Which door did they come in? ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2005-05-27 16:47  

#10  I saw it in the theater (and DVD) and almost choked on my tongue laughing...and gagging from the bar alley vomiting. A Classic!
Posted by: Frank G   2005-05-27 16:43  

#9  Michael Moore's final scene shocked me. I haven't seen anything that vicious in ages.

spoiler:
I was also suprised when the "symbiote" escaped at the end.
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2005-05-27 16:18  

#8  One of my favorite parts, of which there were many:
Alec Baldwin: "Wait! Global warming...corporations..."
Kim: "Arec Bar-win, you are useress to me!"
Ka-bang! Kim blows head off nastiest Baldwin brother.
Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro   2005-05-27 16:08  

#7  I finally saw it last weekend, Jen.

You realize, of course, that he wouldn't be so "wonewy" if he hadn't tossed all his friends in the shark tank...
Posted by: Phil Fraering   2005-05-27 16:02  

#6  *gets on Schiavo highhorse badanov just dismounted*

Didn't the MSM tell us that death from starvation was a euphoric experience, almost one to be envied?
Boy, those NorKs are in for some big fun now!
(BTW,anyone else gotten and watched their own DVD copy of Hollywood's finest film yet "Team America?"
IT ROCKS and Kim is so great in it!)
Posted by: Jennie Taliaferro   2005-05-27 15:53  

#5  Let's treat them with kindness and humanity, and actively deny them food and water. Their lives are miserable anyway and they would be better off dead. And as our own dear media tells us, they won't feel a thing.

**gets off today's Shiavo highhorse**
Posted by: badanov   2005-05-27 15:41  

#4  My UN aid proposal for Norkland = FIRST .50 cal slug to the brainstem of lil Kim; SECOND complete regime change; THIRD temporary food aid and economic aid. The best thing about it all is the economy given that 99.99% of the answer to Norkland's ills is obtainable through the 25 cent answer provided by the FIRST step.
Posted by: Tkat   2005-05-27 15:22  

#3  North Korea can sell us their uranium and plutonium and contribute the funds to the World Food Program themselves.
Posted by: Tom   2005-05-27 15:13  

#2  Let 'em eat enriched uranium...
Posted by: tu3031   2005-05-27 15:01  

#1  fuck the UN
Posted by: Thraing Hupoluper1864   2005-05-27 14:59  

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