Sunday, March 03, 2013

Useful Idiot

At least he graduated to being useful.

In his first interview since returning to the U.S. from an unprecedented visit to North Korea last week, former NBA star Dennis Rodman said he bears a message for President Obama from the country’s oppressive leader, Kim Jong Un.

“He wants Obama to do one thing: Call him,” Rodman told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on “This Week.” “He said, ‘If you can, Dennis - I don’t want [to] do war. I don’t want to do war.’ He said that to me.”

The athlete also offered Kim some diplomatic advice for potential future talks with President Obama.

“[Kim] loves basketball. And I said the same thing, I said, ‘Obama loves basketball.’ Let’s start there,” Rodman said.

Rodman’s comments come just days after the basketball star shocked the world with an unexpected trip to Pyongyang, North Korea, becoming the first known American to publicly meet with the mysterious Kim since he assumed command of the totalitarian nation after the death of his father, Kim Jong-Il in 2011.

(4) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2119 hrs
Foreign Affairs + Politics + Politics - General

  1. Actions speak louder than words.

    If Dennis Rodman wants to be a mouthpiece for unspeakable evil, we can only pray he comes to his senses and has compassion for those constantly tortured and killed by this so-called “leader”.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 03, 2013 at 2127 hrs


  2. I wonder if he wore his wedding dress for his new friend, Kim?

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 04, 2013 at 0936 hrs


  3. Dennis rodman probrably just wants some attention but you never know. May be he is not judging like most people do. Maybe he has a completely open mind. I would also like to add that the comment that I made just a second ago is not my way of justifying anything that anyone one may or may not have done.

    Posted by James Edwards on March 19, 2013 at 2247 hrs


  4. May be he is not judging like most people do. Maybe he has a completely open mind.

    So you would have the same attitude of a celebrity visiting Hitler in 1939, and doing the same thing?

    Your statement would be viewed as condoing the evils of Hitler if it was used in that context.

    Read “Escape from Camp 14” and you will realize just how foolish a lack of judgment on denouncing pure evil truly is.

     

     

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on March 20, 2013 at 0721 hrs


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