I lay out some precedents of N. Korea's "hostage-diplomacy-and-release" at times of its calculated escalation. Each time, the release entails a cost, political or monetary–or both. Congrats to @TheMessenger for the exclusives on the Travis King case. https://t.co/ScTYG7PZnn
The man defected to North Korea on his own feet while laughing. How is this guy even a ‘hostage’? This is exactly what North Koreans say about North Koreans crossing to the south on their own, and Sung-Yoon Lee is no better than the North Koreans. The mentality of a baboon is the same.
Last edited 2 years ago by Korean Man
ChickenHead
2 years ago
Like all Americans who voluntarily defect to North Korea, they made their premeditated choice.
Nothing more should be done. No money or political capital should be expended. Let them go. They are gone.
Looking back, NK negotiated sweet deals for the questionable cases like Warmbeer and the Ling & Lee harpies.
But have they ever returned a voluntary military defector?
Can anybody think of one?
His only value is that he wishes to stay forever in the workers’ paradise, as he will announce on TV when he gets hungry enough.
And when he becomes too much trouble, he will have a boating accident.
Or maybe the North Koreans will have more patience with his anger issues than SK and USA.
Flyingsword
2 years ago
Bargaining chip only if we want to bargain; and why would we. Knuckle head went willing into nK. Let him find his own way back.
Tweet of the Day: Bargaining Chip?
He doesn’t seem to have much intelligence value.
“TWEET OF THE DAY: BARGAINING CHIP?”
That is a seriously whitewashed headline.
The more inclusive version would be:
TWEET OF THE DAY: BARGAINING CHOCOLATE CHIP?
The man defected to North Korea on his own feet while laughing. How is this guy even a ‘hostage’? This is exactly what North Koreans say about North Koreans crossing to the south on their own, and Sung-Yoon Lee is no better than the North Koreans. The mentality of a baboon is the same.
Like all Americans who voluntarily defect to North Korea, they made their premeditated choice.
Nothing more should be done. No money or political capital should be expended. Let them go. They are gone.
Looking back, NK negotiated sweet deals for the questionable cases like Warmbeer and the Ling & Lee harpies.
But have they ever returned a voluntary military defector?
Can anybody think of one?
His only value is that he wishes to stay forever in the workers’ paradise, as he will announce on TV when he gets hungry enough.
And when he becomes too much trouble, he will have a boating accident.
Or maybe the North Koreans will have more patience with his anger issues than SK and USA.
Bargaining chip only if we want to bargain; and why would we. Knuckle head went willing into nK. Let him find his own way back.