Posted on 04/29/2011 7:55:39 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
State Department dismisses Carter charges on North Korean food aid
By Jill Dougherty and Chelsea J. Carter, CNN
April 30, 2011 -- Updated 0107 GMT (0907 HKT)
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. State Department on Friday refuted charges by former President Jimmy Carter that the United States and South Korea were withholding food aid from North Korea for political motives.
The blame for North Korea's food shortage belongs to the North Korean government, a State Department official said.
The State Department's response came the same day that the United Nations World Food Programme announced plans to begin emergency food distribution to 3.5 million North Koreans, primarily women and children, who are starving after a harsh winter decimated crops.
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His apparently desperate attempt to make him relevant again on the international stage, after Kim Jong-il snubbed him on his visit last year, ended up putting the final nail on the coffin of his credibility.
He really has to retire now.
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I’m really looking forward to Carter’s State Funeral.I’m not savoring it like Teddy’s,but it will be nice to see him go.
Has anyone actually seen the photos which might include the Carter Jet as it landed in NK?
All I’ve seen was his bottom of ramp photo, and there is an area of sky blue, on the left hand corner.
That couldn’t possibley have been the paint from an official US government plane; one that conveyed Jimmuh and his party on a “totally unofficial visit to North Korea”.
Something which used to be quaintly be considered “treason”
Say it ain’t so!!
He’s no longer a statesman. (He was never much of one.) He’s a bitter old man.
"Everyone should remember who is responsible for the plight of the North Korean people, and that is the North Korean government itself."
The U.S. suspended aid two years ago to North Korea because it suspected the donated food was being diverted to the military or not reaching those most in need.
Washington and Pyongyang have no diplomatic relations, and North and South Korea have no formal ties and remain technically in a state of war since a 1953 truce that ended the Korean War.
Last I heard nobody would agree to send food until Kim Jong-il would allow them to rightly distribute it to those in need....understand Kim has stated they could do that now if they will just send the food. Has any body heard he's agreed to this yet?
Even if he does agree...once the food is there he can kick everybody out again as he did before...leaving the tons of food behind....so I doubt the International Community would get on board for long.
Besides he's simply afraid the people will revolt this time, when the starvation sets in deeply...I just don't think the people are buying Kim's stories as they once did and will not go thru another era of watching their neighborhoods starve to death.
He’s 86. When will he give up trying to get respect? Never gonna happen.
Cannibilism in N.Korea reported:
Due to severe famines, human flesh is reportedly being sold on the black market in North Korea.
Kim Jong Il’s policy of executing people involved in selling human flesh is another example of his efforts to “control by terror” people who are desperate to survive........ The Kim regime appears to be on the verge of collapse. In some corners of the black market, pieces of special meat are displayed on straw mats for sale. People know where they came from, however, they do not speak about it. One refugee said:
“Oil from animal meat coagulates and becomes round in shape, however, that of human flesh coagulates and takes the shape of a diamond.”
The sale of human flesh is expanding beyond the granary regions. The same witness said,
“If a funeral takes place during the day and the burial is performed that evening, the grave may be dug open and the body stolen before morning. Such incidents happen often. The stolen body is cut into pieces and sold on the black market. This is why people conduct funerals in the evening and bury the dead bodies at midnight. People cannot steal them during the day because other people are watching. Also, the dead bodies lose freshness over night, which makes it difficult to market them.”
Police raided the noodle restaurant and found human hands and feet in a pot of kimchi, Korean pickles. Police also found human bones in a garbage pit in the backyard. The female owner of the noodle restaurant confessed that she had served noodle to the children and had invited them to stand by a stove to get warm. When they fell asleep, she killed them with an axe.I
It is reported that due to starvation, beriberi and epidemics such as tuberculosis are spreading among North Korean soldiers. Five percent of soldiers in each brigade (a troop with 1,000 to 2,000 soldiers) are in the hospital. The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning that if SARS spreads to North Korea where people’s nutrition condition is very bad, it would be disastrous
He should just stay there and build them a few houses - I’m sure they could use them.
The 7-11 will likely run out of 6 packs...
I do know that the local liquor store saw a spike in their business during Teddy’s demise.My party alone probably bumped their sales by 20 percent.
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