Few in this country have talked about the human rights violations in North Korea with more alarm and persistence than Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan. And he makes a scary prediction in “Seoul Train,” a documentary about the Underground Railroad for North Korean refugees that aired Tuesday night on PBS stations: “We’re going to look back in 10 years after North Korea opens up. We’re going to see millions of people dead. And we’re going say: ‘Why didn’t you act? Why didn’t you do something?’ ” At the very least, especially after U.S. intervention in Iraq, why is the public debate about North Korea all about nukes rather than mass graves?
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We had better relations with North Korea when Clinton was in office. The country was opening up. The problem is they don’t trust George Bush. I don’t either. If Brownback wants to help the people of North Korea, help us all get rid of Bush.
Otto,Good grief! The North Koreans loved it when Clinton signed the so-called arms treaty with them. They never intended to keep that treaty. Clinton may have been a great statesman, but on this one he flunked big time.
This, Korea, is a country so deep in caca, that it kidnaps its own children and eats them. The country has nothing but a rotten dictator, whose only lot in life seems to be executing his own people and selling their body parts. Real winner there, what?
As for invading the country, we seem to want to stick with the little dictatorships. Anyone with an armed force as large as North Korea’s is safe from us.
Brownback, again, is doing what he can to make the plight of the people of North Korea known to the world. He is indeed correct when he says that in ten years we’ll look back and say, “How stupid could we have been.” Brownback is winning me over with his humanitarian efforts. He seems to be a man who practices what he preaches: something little done in Washungton.
Your obvious hatred of Bush and his administration has blinded you to the fact that this is a country whose people are in serious need of world support. The Seoul train is an awesome start. Those people are literaly putting their lives on the line for people they don’t even know. My hat and heart off to them.
What ottto said was true, North Korea was starting to open up to us, Clinton dropped the ball, and Bush (being the diplomat that he is) made it worse by calling them “evil”. Then the door shut. We might have been able to rein them in and had some influence, then start putting some pressure on the government. Some times dipomacy is more effective than insulting and bullying people, something Bush needs to learn. As it stands now, we lost that chance.I agree with you, JM, I’m starting to like Brownback more, even if he is a Republican!
Damoon,Good points. If only . . . sigh.