2 jailed journalists pardoned

AOII_LB93 · #1 08-04-2009, 05:00 PM

Maybe they'll be home soon.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090804/...urnalists_held

nikki1920 · #2 08-04-2009, 05:04 PM

ABSOLUTELY!!!!

minDyG · #3 08-04-2009, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by OTW

Somebody get Bill Clinton an intern. He deserves it today.

HAHAHA I wish there were a "like" on GC like on Facebook!

AOII Angel · #4 08-04-2009, 05:37 PM

No one can kiss butt like Bill Clinton can kiss butt!
I'm sure the families of those journalists will be forever grateful...not to mention the journalists!

AOII_LB93 · #5 08-04-2009, 06:25 PM

I found out this weekend that a friend of one of my bestie's was roommates in college with Laura Ling for a couple of years!

Did you hear that the White House is saying they didn't send Bill?

lovespink88 · #6 08-04-2009, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by OTW

Somebody get Bill Clinton an intern. He deserves it today.

OMG...I actually lol'd!!

Dreadloc'd Diva · #7 08-04-2009, 06:44 PM

If the White house didn't send him,then who did?

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Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

I found out this weekend that a friend of one of my bestie's was roommates in college with Laura Ling for a couple of years!

Did you hear that the White House is saying they didn't send Bill?

AOII_LB93 · #8 08-04-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Dreadloc'd Diva

If the White house didn't send him,then who did?

Good question.

Dreadloc'd Diva · #9 08-04-2009, 06:50 PM

I'm guessing the UN or his wife.

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Good question.

Psi U MC Vito · #10 08-04-2009, 06:57 PM

He was probably sent unofficially. Honestly the only reason I agreed with Obama on picking Hil as SECSTATE was Bill. Regardless of if you like him or not, almost everybody agrees he's a great statesman.

Little32 · #11 08-05-2009, 11:46 AM

I am glad to hear that these ladies are back at home. To the bigger questions that are circulating: Do Clinton's actions reward North Korea's chest-thumping and erratic behavior?

Munchkin03 · #12 08-05-2009, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII_LB93

Did you hear that the White House is saying they didn't send Bill?

They have emphasized that it was not an official state trip, Bill Clinton was acting as a private citizen. Several sources have tried to come up with what the ramifications are of calling it a "private" trip instead of a state trip, but as long as they're home and safe I don't are what it's called!

Psi U MC Vito · #13 08-05-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Little32

I am glad to hear that these ladies are back at home. To the bigger questions that are circulating: Do Clinton's actions reward North Korea's chest-thumping and erratic behavior?

That's why I think they are emphasizing the fact that he wasn't sent by the White House, so that this wouldn't be considered the government acknowledging Noth Korea was in the right.

PeppyGPhiB · #14 08-05-2009, 08:49 PM

While it's great that these women are home, I hope "journalists" and other naive Americans who want to be heroes learn from the experience and don't just expect to get bailed out by the former Prez when they, too, get caught. Fact is they shouldn't have been there - they broke the law, and the North Korean government was totally within their rights to punish the women however they saw fit.

AOII_LB93 · #15 08-05-2009, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

While it's great that these women are home, I hope "journalists" and other naive Americans who want to be heroes learn from the experience and don't just expect to get bailed out by the former Prez when they, too, get caught. Fact is they shouldn't have been there - they broke the law, and the North Korean government was totally within their rights to punish the women however they saw fit.

I've actually been reading that they were on the Chinese side of the border when they were caught/take prisoner and they were forced to say that they had sneaked in to NK. That wouldn't surprise me in the least.