Posted on 07/21/2023 9:06:29 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Speculation continues to mount over the fate of American soldier Travis King after he fled into North Korean territory earlier this week — with the US revealing the hermit kingdom has gone silent about his well-being and fate.
From being used as a propaganda tool to being propped up as a potential bargaining chip, the guesses about North Korea’s next steps vary widely given there’s little precedent for King’s situation, experts and former diplomats say.
The 23-year-old, who is the first US soldier in decades to defect to North Korea, bolted across the border on Tuesday during a civilian tour of the tightly controlled Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas.
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Send Bowe Bergdahl to get him. After him, Reality Winner is next.
He crossed into North Korea on his own. I say give him a dishonorable discharge, strip him of his US citizenship, and forget about him.
This isn’t the first time this has happened. See PFC White from the early 1980s. He never returned if I remember correctly.
damnit you beat me to the punch
I win!
I spoke with one of the guys who got shot looking for his punk ass.
I think the kid just wanted to meet Dennis Rodman.
Just one question, why wasn’t this soldier being escorted by MP?
Maybe he took the woke brainwashing of the Army a bit too deeply, and chose not to fight for such a systemic racist country. They are all non-white in North Korea and are enemies of the evil country he abandoned.
Bergdahl was tried by general court-martial on charges of desertion and misbehavior before the enemy,[8] and on October 16, 2017, he entered a guilty plea before a military judge at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.[9] On November 3, 2017, he was sentenced to be dishonorably discharged, reduced in rank to private and fined $1,000 per month from his pay for ten months, with no prison time.[10] The fine and reduction in rank took effect immediately, while the discharge was stayed pending appeals and federal review. Bergdahl's sentence was affirmed by the Army Court of Criminal Appeals and later by the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces in 2020.[11] His case has been under review by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia since February 2021.[12][13]
UNDER REVIEW???????? WTF
You pays your money and takes your choice...
Embrace the suck, sucker.
Seriously, what is left to discuss.
Here’s the guy I spoke to:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2019/09/03/yale-freshman-navy-seal-james-hatch-fall-semester-2019/2196156001/
He was mentally-ill, a spy, or just plain stupid
I’m finding it difficult to care about his fate.
He ran off from South Korean custody straight into North Korean, so he would not be turned over to American custody for acts of vandalism and assault.
It may be dawning on him right about now, that he just jumped from the skillet into the deep dive frying pan.
“Oh, damn! What have I done?”
Does he play basketball maybe he can be Kim’s new Dennis Rodman?
That’s so old school I guess.
He was escorted to the security gate but only he was allowed through because his escorts did not have boarding passes.
Once rid of his escort he left.
“He crossed into North Korea on his own. I say give him a dishonorable discharge, strip him of his US citizenship, and forget about him.”
I agree. He “chose poorly.”
Thanks
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