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2009-03-25 China-Japan-Koreas

U.S. State Dept. Lacking Nork 'Control Tower'

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Posted by Steve White 2009-03-25 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 I think their policy is roughly: 'we'll just stop being mean to them and they'll like us.'

Pretty amazing that we have yet to officially demand their release. I thought the State Dept had a macro for that sort of thing. Should be automatic.

Posted by JAB 2009-03-25 01:54|| 2009-03-25 01:54|| Front Page Top

#2 U.S. is ostensibly trying to solve the problem through quiet diplomacy
This is just a taste of what things will be like for 4 years as "quiet diplomacy" is waged and strongly worded notes are brandished.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2009-03-25 08:06|| 2009-03-25 08:06|| Front Page Top

#3 And meanwhile our citizens are being "interrogated" by the NorKs in Pyongyang. (I'll find the link later.)

Where's Algore?

Posted by Seafarious 2009-03-25 08:26|| 2009-03-25 08:26|| Front Page Top

#4 ...but I can't help thinking that the fewer Obamanauts there are in any agency, the better off we are.

Posted by AlanC 2009-03-25 09:33|| 2009-03-25 09:33|| Front Page Top

#5 I can't help thinking that doing nothing is better than liberals trying to "help".

Posted by DarthVader 2009-03-25 10:01|| 2009-03-25 10:01|| Front Page Top

#6 I'd be careful about the "our citizens" part. They were just a couple of typical traitorous media, who got busted by a regime they probably sympathize with. Oh, and they're in the predicament because they were stupid and thought that their shit didn't stink and that they were immune because they were "journalists". Doesn't matter if the norks ran across the border or not, they still set them off either way.

Posted by gromky 2009-03-25 10:09|| 2009-03-25 10:09|| Front Page Top

#7 I work for the state department, how dare you question our methods! (not really)
But I do have a solution: We should just fling cabbages at North Korea using large catapults emplaced at the DMZ, that way the journalists and Norks can eat the cabbage and we can start a war. Thats a strategy the US state department can use! Dont bother to thank me, it was nothing! Heres the address where you can send my consulting fee....po box dont give a fig, c/o the us state departments suck it division, 10034.

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-03-25 11:19|| 2009-03-25 11:19|| Front Page Top

#8 I would guess that to be RED cabbages GT?

Posted by Besoeker 2009-03-25 11:24|| 2009-03-25 11:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Seafarious, Al Gore is here in East Tennessee giving a talk on his favorite subject, Global Warming and looking for Idjits to buy his carbon credits. The temperature went from 74 yesterday to 50 today but at least it's not snowing. Yet.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2009-03-25 11:29|| 2009-03-25 11:29|| Front Page Top

#10 red cabbage. definitely.

Posted by GirlThursday 2009-03-25 11:31|| 2009-03-25 11:31|| Front Page Top

#11 As a current ex-pat, it's good to know the U.S. government and the State Department has my back.

Posted by Mizzou Mafia 2009-03-25 19:53|| 2009-03-25 19:53|| Front Page Top

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