Journalists Freed

August 4th, 2009

Great news:

Bill Clinton’s spokesman says the former president has left North Korea with two American journalists who had been held hostage.

Matt McKenna said late Tuesday that Clinton has “safely left North Korea with Laura Ling and Euna Lee.” He said they’re flying to Los Angeles, where the journalists will be reunited with their families.

The White House is not commenting the trip.

Although the Obama White House had to send a former president to do the job the current president was elected to do (as well as the spouse of said former president was confirmed by Congress to take the initiative), I’m thankful that Ling and Lee were freed by their captors and are now homeward bound. Former President Clinton deserves credit where credit is due for putting himself on the line.

Al Gore, the employer of Ling and Lee through his co-ownership of Current TV, should also give thanks that no harm came upon them.

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  1. Shawn O'Halloran on August 10, 2009 August 10, 2009 - 12:07 pm

    I have mixed emotions about this. The ends may indeed justify the means but this is another example of this Administration bending over to a vile and murderous dictator… oh and did I mention, ENEMY of the U.S. We are showing ourselves to be appeasers. Feelers were sent out a couple of weeks ago to peace with the flippin’ Taliban, for Pete’s sake and considering that Afghanistan is turning in to a disaster (by design, perhaps?), they may be the next on Obama’s apology tour.

    Part of me says, “Hey,they knew what they were getting into when they sneaked into N. Korea” but of course, the other part of me says I probably wouldn’t feel that way if it was my wife though and I just be glad that the they were home.

    As an aside, Is it just me or is it more than just a little ironic that the two words I have to type in in the “CAPTCHA” verification is “Qaddafi mutiny?” I wonder what that means.

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