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The United States to give North Korea 50,000 tonnes of food aid
Reuters via Yahoo! ^ | 6/22/05

Posted on 06/22/2005 1:12:35 PM PDT by dead

The United States said on June 22 it would give North Korea 50,000 tonnes of food aid, saying its decision was based on humanitarian need and was not linked to efforts to end Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. 'The United States will be donating, in response to the World Food Program appeal, 50,000 metric tonnes of agricultural commodities for North Korea,' State Department spokesman Adam Ereli said, adding it was not designed to lure North Korea to six-party talks on ending its suspected nuclear arms programs.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1badidea; appeasement; axisofappeasement; dumbideas; impeachdubya; korea; notsmart; thestoopidparty; unwise
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To: dead

Very good, American running dogs. Now, I want Scarlet Johansen too.

101 posted on 06/22/2005 3:52:01 PM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: dead

What happened with the quote, "teach the people how to feed themself and not just give the people the food".

First things first. Kim Jong IL has got to go. Then we start teaching.


102 posted on 06/22/2005 3:56:09 PM PDT by auggy (http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-DownhomeKY /// Check out My USA Photo album & Fat Files)
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To: dead
We ought to give them one of these instead:


103 posted on 06/22/2005 3:59:05 PM PDT by RockinRight (Conservatism is common sense, liberalism is just senseless.)
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To: dead

Man, I hate to use a Star Trek quote, but I will...

Spock: They're dying Jim...

Kirk: Let them die!


104 posted on 06/22/2005 4:05:21 PM PDT by Hurricane Andrew (History teaches that wars begin when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.)
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To: glock rocks

Either South Korea or China. If I was them, I'd head South!


105 posted on 06/22/2005 4:06:57 PM PDT by B4Ranch ( Report every illegal alien that you meet. Call 866-347-2423, Employers use 888-464-4218)
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To: dead

Why give them food, wouldn't it be better that they starve and desperation makes the people take on the government?


106 posted on 06/22/2005 4:08:02 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: CJ Wolf

The common people are starving. I spoke with a Doctor who has been traveling there doing humanitarian aid and he said it is almost unfathomable how they survive.


107 posted on 06/22/2005 4:10:58 PM PDT by B4Ranch ( Report every illegal alien that you meet. Call 866-347-2423, Employers use 888-464-4218)
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To: daisyflower
North Korea actually has WMD and would use them in a nanosecond.

Meaning... what, exactly?

108 posted on 06/22/2005 4:13:05 PM PDT by Old Sarge (In for a penny, in for a pound, saddlin' up and Baghdad-bound!)
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To: daisyflower

"I'm Lost here."

Normal new poster complaint, usually repaired with humor, long nights of reading, and generally observing teh forum.

"We invade Iraq but give these killers free food?"

And the problem with ousting Saddam is?
North korea has someone north of them who would not take too kindly to little Kim getting the zot so to speak.
China would go to war as they see North Korea as tehir little barking dog.
Besides, the population starves while little Kim gets to be as portly as he can be in his tertiary syphillis.
And a starving population cannot do much for themselves when they are focused on staying alive til tomorrow.


"Where is the consistent foreign policy here?"

Why sit by while innocents starve?

"North Korea actually has WMD and would use them in a nanosecond."

North Korea has nukes because BILL CLINTON literally GAVE little Kim the weapons grade fuel, and the nuke designs by way of China.
And while it would be a wise thing to crush little Kim, he's paranoid enough to nuke Tokyo, Seoul, and anything else he thinks he can hit before he goes.

"I feel like this is cowardly to give free stuff to these people."

It is more cowardly for Clinton to have literally handed little Kim the materials for nukes on the 'promise' by little Kim that he wouldn't make nukes.

"Please take my bill fold and don't hit me!!"


That was the Clinton administrations policy.
Worked real well, didn't it?
U.S.S. Cole, 1993 WTC bombing, Mogadishu, the list goes on..
And before anyone says 'illegal war', what about Clintons illegal war in the Balkans, his action against women and children in Waco, and his little deal at Ruby Ridge?

So tell me what is so bad about Iraq?


109 posted on 06/22/2005 4:15:29 PM PDT by Darksheare (Hey troll, Sith happens.)
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To: dead
You load 50,000 tons,
and whadda' you get?
Another day older
and deeper in debt.

110 posted on 06/22/2005 4:16:27 PM PDT by bannie (The government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.)
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To: dead; GOP_1900AD; Uncle George; mudblood; AnimalLover; hedgetrimmer; John Lenin; AnnaZ; zzen01; ...

Looks like we need to throw the bums out of Washington (again). When will this madness ever end???


111 posted on 06/22/2005 4:53:04 PM PDT by BringBackMyHUAC
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To: dead
This is such a great P.R. move. Now 'IL, KIM JONG' can use his nation's funds for other more important matters, like testing his ICBMS.

Here, just tack this sucker on my back. Our leaders will be ever so greatful.


a conservative's burden

112 posted on 06/22/2005 4:55:23 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservative.)
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To: Rodney King

"Why? How could we be so stupid?"

Isn't it fairly obvious? We, or some of those among us ARE that stupid.

Wait a couple of days until you hear just how this aid is benefitting the American farmer: another voting bloc that Republicans can't afford to offend.


113 posted on 06/22/2005 5:15:56 PM PDT by thelastvirgil (Help stamp out incumbent politicians: Public enemy number one.)
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To: BringBackMyHUAC

It appears that the Russians, China and the US of A are all following the CM line and verse.


114 posted on 06/22/2005 5:25:53 PM PDT by B4Ranch ( Report every illegal alien that you meet. Call 866-347-2423, Employers use 888-464-4218)
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To: B4Ranch

Yep...I feel like taking up a collection and sending every member of Congress a copy of Golitsyn's books.


115 posted on 06/22/2005 5:29:23 PM PDT by BringBackMyHUAC
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To: dead

WTF???? America is the worst country in the history of the world! We would NEVER do anything like this.....right?


116 posted on 06/22/2005 6:27:13 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite (Saddam: $25k to suicide bombers = BAD --- Bush: 50 mil to terrorist scum = "GOOD")
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To: darkwing104

nuclear blackmail?
China rattling the taiwanese box?

who knows?
better yet, who's telling what they know?


117 posted on 06/22/2005 6:53:12 PM PDT by Robert_Paulson2 (I remember when conservative meant, CUTTING the government's POWER and SIZE down.)
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To: Dead Corpse

Why are we feeding his Army? Are we f*cking nuts?



apparently.
compassion, cuts off our nuts again.


118 posted on 06/22/2005 6:53:48 PM PDT by Robert_Paulson2 (I remember when conservative meant, CUTTING the government's POWER and SIZE down.)
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To: bannie

That was very clever. LOL.


119 posted on 06/22/2005 7:13:14 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Everything I need to know about Islam I learned on 9-11!)
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To: HKMk23
Yes -- it was "noble" to help those in need...
However - it appears those we have helped the most, are the most interested in our destruction...

I'm plumb out of compassion for "friends that become enemies" and the needy that eat food from my family while plotting to kill my family...

I'm less concerned about my "reward in heaven" for having strengthened my enemy that will attempt to kill my grandchildren -- than I am in destroying that enemy before he has the opportunity to act...

I'm not a preacher.....I'm an old warrior that loves his family a lot more than the family of my announced and active enemy...

I may end up going to hell, but I hope it is after sending more of my family and nation's enemies there first.

Semper Fi

120 posted on 06/22/2005 7:26:31 PM PDT by river rat (You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
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