N.Korea to Let Japan Abductee Relatives Leave(American Traitor Jenkins not one of them)

Reuters via Yahoo! News ^ | Sat, May 22, 2004 | George Nishiyama

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[The Scourge of Yazid]

It makes you wonder whether the director of "The Manchurian Candidate" had more insight into this issue than we previously thought.

By the way, whatever happened to that famous South Korean actress who was kidnapped by agents of the DPRK and brought to Pyongyang to perform for "our dear leader?"

I remember reading a story about her in The New York Times awhile back, but they never followed up on her story.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #3

She eventually escaped back to the West, finally returning to S. Korea later.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Thanks, that's good to know.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Kim Jong-il, aka Chia Head greets Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi.

[GATOR NAVY]

Is this the first time the little freak has been seen in public since the train explosions?

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #7

That is correct.

[Semper Paratus]

The NKs' are such humantarians.

[SledgeCS]

It looks like everyone in the photo would be in great danger if caught by a good gust of wind, that is everyone except for dough-boy. Three inches of piled up hair and who knows how much the platform boots add up to, just to try to see eye to eye with the Japanese. Notice how everyone on the left side is taller and every on the right shift is shorter than the great dear leader.

SledgeCS

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #10

The "dough boy" is barely 5 feet tall. To be his personal aide, one of the requirements could be a short stature, as you pointed out, say, less than 5' 4".

[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #9

I am sure Kim Jong-il thinks he is.:)

[lowbridge]

Hey Kim! If this third world dictatorship job of yours doesn't pan out, you could always join the circus as a MIDGET!!!

I have just done to Kim something that is an executable offense in North Korea.

Thank god for freedom.

[risk]

Mainichi reporting critical remarks from disgruntled family members who aren't happy with Koizumi's progress and approach to the abductee returns: http://mdn.mainichi.co.jp/news/20040522p2a00m0dm013000c.html.

Sagging spirits

Hitomi Soga, center, who returned to Japan in October 2002 after being abducted by North Korean agents decades ago, expresses her disappointment at a news conference in Tokyo on Saturday after learning that her husband and two children would not be joining the five children of other former abductees coming to Japan on Saturday night to be reunited with their parents.

Unlike the liberal press in Japan, I doubt that most Japanese are unhappy with Koizumi's efforts, which to me appear to be patient and measured.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Koizumi is a combination of Elvis Presley and Winston Churchill in Japan!

Believe me, if he were running for office in this country, he'd be elected in a heartbeat.

[risk]

Koizumi is a combination of Elvis Presley and Winston Churchill in Japan!

Koizumi's strength, resolve, and the support he and his party have gotten from the Japanese people send a message of hope to the world.

Time will tell, but I predict that we will come to see Japan as a partner equal to England or Australia in the emerging world order.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

They've been held back for too long!

It's high time that the Japanese public unfettered itself and started to play its rightful role in this world.

It would also be nice if the United States would get its act together and realize that the "Land of the Rising Sun" could be an invaluable military asset if we would just unshackle the chains.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

Koizumi needs the support of everyone, not just the Japanese public.

I suggest some sort of rally and/or letter campaign directed at the Japanese embassy.

[SwankyC]

suddenly, they all dont look quite so short....

[risk]

I agree. But Americans aren't going to announce this to Japan in public. Japanese people need to realize that three generations of pacifism have shown the world that they are sincere about peace. But Japanese must remember that peace is only safe with the responsible wielding of force.