In other news...

[akujunkan]

...the DPRK just sentenced Laura Ling and Euna Lee to 12 years of hard labor.

Anyone who cares to know what this means might want to take a look at these books.

Also, Jesus. My thoughts are with Ling, Lee, and their families.

That will be all.

Comments

[bloody-american.livejournal.com]

O.O

"The sentence doesn't mean much because the issue will be resolved diplomatically in the end," Kim said.

Dear God, I certainly hope so.

[bran420-7.livejournal.com]

They manipulated the hard to define territory/border in the area, to further their quest for concessions to their nuclear testing. Using those poor women as pawns to continue intimidating South Korea while holding them as political prisoners to dissuade the US from signing onto increased sanctions. Don't sign, get the women home.

[wombatdeamor.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna play republican:
Let's bomb the crap out of North Korea! Never mind the fact that we don't have spare military, we're down 13,000 soldiers due to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", despite recruiting felons, and we're over budget and in hoc up to our saucer sized nipples to the neighbors to the East. We have to start bombing and get our girls home!

I feel better now!