Posted on 08/05/2009 10:39:01 AM PDT by CMoran325
The scenes of Lisa Ling and Euna Lee being reunited with their families are heartwarming. It is hard not to be moved seeing these women return to American soil, knowing that they faced what may have been a death sentence, considering the harsh conditions in North Korean work camps.
It was clearly not an easy diplomatic decision. More harm than good may have been done in the bigger picture by giving a crazy despot an air of legitimacy. But seeing the images of Lee hugging her 4-year-old, it seems the right course was taken.
And who knows? Now that Kim has rubbed elbows, maybe he'll desire to do it again. Assuming that Americans now know to stay far away, there won't be any more hostages held for trumped-up charges. He won't have any cards to deal -- he'll have to make concessions to get back to the table. Only time will tell.
But what has been lost in this story -- and I assume that Lee and Ling will remind us -- is why those women were on that border. As I wrote in June, these two brave souls were trying to expose the human trafficking that North Korea turns a blind eye to.
They wanted to expose the horrors faced by young women who don't have a voice. No former U.S. president can step in on their behalf to rescue them.
There is an organization that works toward the abolition of child sex slavery and exploitation that I support. It's called Love 146 and their website is at www.love146.com
Watch the video at the link below, and if you are moved -- make a donation. If you are as moved as I was, make it a monthly pledge.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGEuCABg06M
Figures that it takes a large demented miscreant to relate to a small demented miscreant.
You won’t believe the crap I’m taking from Obama supporters after giving Bill credit for this- and not Obama.
Keep it on!
Although i loathe to admit it, Bill actually did something positive. Now hopefully he did not sell us all down the river to achieve this noble end.
I believe it. Obama is (a) god. Or allah.
“Assuming that Americans now know to stay far away...”
That is the problem. Liberal media and so-called adventurers will never stay away from hot spots and dangerous places.
They risk the lives of our military, cost the United States time and money, create international incidents, and cause us to lose face in places such as Asia to rescue their bums.
But..but ..but, “We didn’t know where the border was.”
How many people looked at that website and see a noob attempt to gather donations
Idiotic is what it looks like to me
all seems kind of staged
yeah no kidding
i guess time will tell
in the short term though i was happy to see these women reunited with their families
Which website? Mine or the one for Love 146?
Assuming that comment was for me — since I am not able to travel to Asia or elsewhere to fight the horrific practice of selling small children into prostitution, one of the few things I CAN do is make a donation to an organization that is already out there and fighting for these poor angels.
I heard about it during an interview with Stephen Baldwin, and I found the videos and the stories on their websites compelling.
Lisa Ling and Euna Lee were trying to expose North Korea’s complicity — what better way to celebrate their return than by sticking it to countries that tolerate these atrocities? Making a donation is one way to do that.
I’m sorry if you do not feel the same strong compulsion to fight these repulsive crimes that affect countless young girls and boys across the globe.
Frankly, I hope I’m not the only one who worries our party has been taken over by a bunch of maniacs who are determined to see it destroyed. For example, I think Dick Morris is a frickin’ neanderthal for saying “maybe they don’t come home. Maybe they go to North Korea and they live with the consequences of their decision to go there.” This almost seems CALCULATED to turn people off to Republicans. Hello? Axis of Evil anybody? These women went over, at great danger, to expose what is happening in North Korea. And this jerk-off says it is a mistake to rescue two American citizens. Un-f*cking-believable. Dick Morris, go back to being a Democrat, so we can hate you again.
DONT BE AN ASS HOLE
ARE YOU A LIBERAL? BECAUSE I DISTRUST WEBSITES THAT ASK FOR DONATIONS *DOES NOT MEAN* I SUPPORT CHILD SLAVERY
ASS HOLE
DONT BE AN ASS HOLE
ARE YOU A LIBERAL?
I DISTRUST WEBSITES THAT ASK FOR DONATIONS
THAT *DOES NOT MEAN* I SUPPORT CHILD SLAVERY
“MAKING A DONATION” MAY MAKE YOU FEEL SO GOOD- BUT WHAT IF IT IS JUST GOING TO LINE SOME SCAMMERS POCKET??
IDIOT
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