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Aug 13, 2009 
Secretary of State Clinton stating August 2 that North Korea’s missile-launching provocation is the behavior of a brat. She said that “What we’ve seen is this constant demand for attention, and maybe it’s the mother in me or the experience that I’ve had with small children and unruly teenagers and people who are demanding attention — don’t give it to them, they don’t deserve it, they are acting out,” . That is why we have sent former president Bill Clinton to pick up the two journalists that North Korea had already agreed to release, thus allowing Kim Jong a nice photo op with beloved Clinton, and the local communist media to declare that along with the prestigious envoy, came a letter of apologies from Obama. Way to go and reward bad behavior! Of course there was not such letter –I hope- and of course, despite denials from the White House, this was not a private initiative. Korea 1, Community organizer 0.
Soon to come to the surface: what we gave up or exchange.
Question to you: should we bail out at any price all these people who put their lives in danger and the country at risk by ignoring the State Department travel advisories? What good did the female journalists or the Berkeley writers/hikers do to the world of news or intelligence? They took incredible risks to break the glass ceiling of journalism and report on secluded and repressive countries. They wanted to make a name for themselves…they did eventually. But what diplomatic price did we pay? Kim Jong was all smile while treating a former US President with benevolence. For a supposedly dying guy ready to vacate power, he looked energetic and talkative, on top of his game. He brought us to his own negotiation table and had us beg for the two girls. He pardoned them, meaning they are still guilty of all charges but forgiven by the good old man. And all that while Hillary, the State Secretary and wife of the envoy, was taking a firm stand against North Korea and was embroiled in a name calling game with them (she compared them to unruly teenagers and they labeled her a “funny lady, that someteime looks like a primary school girl and sometime a pensioner going shopping” They also said “her words suggest that she is by no means intelligent”.
What the hell is going on out there?
Eric Chevreuil
