Ya chachacha...
Walter Duranty
This man lied, in the New York Times, about the state of affairs in the Soviet Union for years.
“Look at this poor kid who got snatched up in North Korea and killed. The the US Government do anything about that?”
It’s North Korea, dude. He was on his own...we don’t have jack there to help him. I’m not disputing you though - many non-government Americans think they have ‘diplomatic immunity’ just because they have a blue passport. Well, if you’re caught with drugs there, the embassy will meet with you, find you a local lawyer, and then say adios.
But believe it or not, it was worse, much worse. During the Depression THOUSANDS of Americans were lured to the Soviet Union, where, according to the father of fake news, Jimmy Durante of New York Times (...and the NY Times still refuses to apologize)...a ‘Workers’ Paradise’ existed.
It didn’t. The first thing that happened to these Americans was that the Soviets collected their passports. Initially we didn’t have an embassy there, but even after, OUR EMBASSY told the desperate Americans showing up at its gates that if they didn’t produce a passport, they were SOL. All but 5 or so of the thousands of Americans (including many wives and kids) ended up trapped there, got swept up in Stalin’s paranoia, off to the labor camps, and then died.
Not pretty.
Ya chachacha...
Walter Duranty
This man lied, in the New York Times, about the state of affairs in the Soviet Union for years.