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The most irrelevant former President of the USA, Jimmuh Cahtah, is hanging in North Korea with a couple of other losers, flapping his gums about how the USA is "witholding food" from the North Koreans, and this amounts to a "human rights violation".
Jimmuh is a living example of the old adage that there is no cure for stupidity.
Yo, Jimmuh! Maybe if their dictator wasn't so into weapons, he could feed his own damn people. Ever think of that? It's a novel concept, yeah, but it works.
Imagine how well-fed that country could be, if their dictator chose to give his people around $130 for seeds and supplies. That could easily translate into $2431 worth of food, or a return on investment of well north of 800%. People would probably start trading or selling excess production.
Of course, you just can't have that sort of thing going on. Better to plow what little money the country has into weapons, eh?
All the better when you have fools like Jimmuh to cry on your behalf. And he truly believes that he's some sort of gifted statesman.
Again? I guess he needed a photo-op with the new Dear Leader.
A report from a Korean paper
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/05/116_86112.html
"Carter’s idealism meets grim reality
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Government officials and analysts echoed that the former U.S. president was too idealistic to have hoped that he could successfully maneuver North Korea which is highly calculative.
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A government official said on condition of anonymity that he shared the view that Carter was idealistic as he had little chance to have deeper understanding of the complex nature of the North Korean nuclear program.
... the North Korean leader was unavailable for a meeting with the visiting delegation."
Posted by: ZZMike | April 30, 2011 at 05:17 PM
The images on this page clearly illustrate the difference between a mostly capitalist economy, and a totalitarian socialist hellhole:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/dprk-dark.htm
Posted by: metro_sucks | April 30, 2011 at 06:37 PM
When even Kim won't meet with you, you've re-defined the term loser.
Way to go, Jimmuh!
MS: those images are, um, enlightening.
Posted by: Max | May 01, 2011 at 10:41 AM
Worker's paradise, comrade!
Posted by: metrosucks | May 01, 2011 at 01:05 PM