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In the discussion thread: US cancels food aid to North Korea: That'll teach Koreans who's the boss! [View all]

Response to Better Believe It (Reply #37)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 09:58 PM

97. Distortion of the first order.

North Korean leaders are sticking it to their people, like dictators typically do. The basic issue is simple, North Korean leaders either work to feed the people of their country, or they chose to not feed their people. North Korean leaders are obvious in the choice that they are making.

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149 replies	Author	Time	Post
US cancels food aid to North Korea: That'll teach Koreans who's the boss! [View all]	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	OP
Don't worry, the GOP is about to suggest we replace food aid with another Free Trade Agreement.	Zalatix	Apr 2012	#1
Good one!	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#6
Well, as part of the Axis of Evil they don't deserve our food	quinnox	Apr 2012	#2
Right. And that will turn the Korean people against their government and make them love us!	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#7
I really doubt that much of our food aid	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#14
actually	SwampG8r	Apr 2012	#136
Thank you for that.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#143
So you really believes their claim that a ballistic missile is a "weather satellite"?	TheWraith	Apr 2012	#3
At least we now know who he is promoting in the primaries.	FSogol	Apr 2012	#26
So you really believe that withholding food	SomethingFishy	Apr 2012	#67
It's not that simple	MrBig	Apr 2012	#71
First, the US does not OWE NK food	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#107
Sorry, but I think it is the correct thing to do by the US. Why should NK be able to spend	teddy51	Apr 2012	#4
agreed	quitnesset	Apr 2012	#33
agree #2	BlueDemKev	Apr 2012	#72
Yes, it is unfortunate that US policy allows NK military industrial complex to foster.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#122
The militaristic bullcrap will continue unimpeded and their people will starve even more.	2ndAmForComputers	Apr 2012	#130
You're a fan of NK's militarism and insane leadership?	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#5
Over the top...	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#10
I made no accusation. I asked a question.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#12
I saw what you did there.	GeorgeGist	Apr 2012	#32
Oh, I see...	whatchamacallit	Apr 2012	#60
Just where did you get the idea that the OP is a 'fan' of an enemy of the US? That is a pretty	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#47
It was a question, as you can see.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#51
you're a fan of starving children?	frylock	Apr 2012	#63
I'm not starving any children in North Korea.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#65
you keep saying that..	frylock	Apr 2012	#73
You're a fan of their parents letting things stay as they are?	treestar	Apr 2012	#84
Seriously?	Nevernose	Apr 2012	#100
Well they'll still have to do something	treestar	Apr 2012	#104
I never took a position in the OP	Nevernose	Apr 2012	#114
It has happened in other countries	treestar	Apr 2012	#116
And giving the leadership food	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#108
Yes, I saw the 'have you stopped beating your wife' type question.	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#92
That was a rhetorical question.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#121
Saying the food we gave them was their entitlement?	treestar	Apr 2012	#81
The accusation was one of treason, using the old 'have you stopped beating your wife yet'	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#86
That's got to be the worst post I've seen on DU all day. n/t	white_wolf	Apr 2012	#91
I'm not one of your detractors, but we damn well should have cancelled food aid	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#8
NK has repeatedly thwarted international efforts to monitor aid distribution.	Robb	Apr 2012	#23
Gotta love our very own DU realpolitikers: "Let 'em starve. That'll show 'em."	Comrade Grumpy	Apr 2012	#9
Given the North Korean government...	MrBig	Apr 2012	#13
No reason whatsoever=good point. nt	babylonsister	Apr 2012	#24
Really good point.	aquart	Apr 2012	#25
The people of North Korea starve whether we send them food or not.	Johnny Rico	Apr 2012	#17
And how does "starving" the population help undermine the bureaucratic regime? Links please!	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#28
WE aren't starving the North Korean people	MrBig	Apr 2012	#35
Ask the people who are starving them,	Codeine	Apr 2012	#58
They could grow their own food!	treestar	Apr 2012	#83
The North Korean government is starving the people.	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#94
You'd rather have a war than economic sanctions?	FSogol	Apr 2012	#27
Perhaps NK should spend their money on food and not missiles?	hack89	Apr 2012	#42
Yes, it will work out just like Iraq, where over half a million children died as a result of	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#48
You actually think that was a weather satellite? nt	msanthrope	Apr 2012	#11
Well, it's nothing at all, now.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#16
I think it probably was a weather satellite, but the satellite part was a mere adronment	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#19
Warheads that Korea doesn't have and won't have for a very long time.	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#34
Here's what I think, BBI	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#46
What kind of a satellite do you think it was?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#20
Great Successor would never do anything underhanded	Freddie Stubbs	Apr 2012	#38
Maybe they should buy food instead of building "weather satellites".	Swede	Apr 2012	#15
LOL	Cali_Democrat	Apr 2012	#18
Do you also believe Kim Jong Il...	MrBig	Apr 2012	#21
And not just that, I believe it was his first time golfing. n/t	hughee99	Apr 2012	#29
Do you believe that everything Washington politicians say is the truth?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#36
Wow, you put a LOT of irrelevant words into my mouth	MrBig	Apr 2012	#39
Do you think they are hiding food in their rockets?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#66
Huh?	MrBig	Apr 2012	#70
You didn't answer the question	treestar	Apr 2012	#85
They do have top-notch weather forecasters, you'll have to give them that.	DisgustipatedinCA	Apr 2012	#59
No. But anything to trash President Obama is fair game for some. nt	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#95
Naive, much?	aquart	Apr 2012	#22
Not naive. Read posts by the OP. You will develop a true picture of what is happening. nt	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#96
Aw Jeez ...	GeorgeGist	Apr 2012	#30
you are impressively predictable	cali	Apr 2012	#31
Do you have any suggestions on how we can really stick it to the Korean people?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#37
Distortion of the first order.	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#97
And how is the U.S. denying food aide helping the Korean people .... what do you say to them?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#98
No, it won't.	Wait Wut	Apr 2012	#40
+1	Muskypundit	Apr 2012	#90
Why do you think we have an obligation to give them food?	chrisa	Apr 2012	#41
Pick your battles, BBI.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#43
lol, you giving "advice", especially in light of recent revelations, is	quinnox	Apr 2012	#44
Irrelevant.	MineralMan	Apr 2012	#45
get back to me when MM posts whack ass OPs like this one...	dionysus	Apr 2012	#131
Why on Earth should we give the North Korean government a dime's worth of aid?	Throd	Apr 2012	#49
Because we give extreme right-wing regimes and dictatorships billions every year to maintain them?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#99
You're seriously going to try to justify it like that?	RZM	Apr 2012	#129
The massive failures of the North Korean system are our fault?	Codeine	Apr 2012	#50
No, Bush is responsible for where the US stands today with problem of N Korea	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#54
Completely irrelevant to the question of whether we have an innate responsibility	Codeine	Apr 2012	#57
Yes, let's punish the people for their poor choice in dictators	whatchamacallit	Apr 2012	#61
And people should be able to eat unicorn poop	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#110
Only 161 before you start leaking RW gas	whatchamacallit	Apr 2012	#112
Reality is not a RW meme	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#113
That is not really the question. The question is, will sanctions achieve the goal of influencing	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#64
I made no claim as to the effectiveness of the sanction decision.	Codeine	Apr 2012	#76
South Africa.	Ikonoklast	Apr 2012	#78
Yes, to an extent. But there is a lot of disagreement as to how much of an effect they had.	sabrina 1	Apr 2012	#79
North Korea's nuclear tests and increased MIC ended the Sunshine Policy.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#120
thank you. someone who actually remembers history.	NuttyFluffers	Apr 2012	#138
Yeah, it's hard to blame the South Korean people for voting in people that ended it.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#141
We didn't cut off their food, their government and dear leader chose to spend their money	jp11	Apr 2012	#52
Wow! Biggest Fail Ever!	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#53
It's not just a fail...	SidDithers	Apr 2012	#55
!!	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#62
is that a triple kickboxin' power fist? them's.. .fightin woids!	dionysus	Apr 2012	#126
Hey dion. Are you as speechless about this o.p. as I am?	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#127
i'll let you know ow speechless i am once i stop laughing...	dionysus	Apr 2012	#133
I don't think you're the only who's laughing. Normally, the op would have thousands....	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#137
OMG!!!	SunsetDreams	Apr 2012	#68
LMFAO!!!!	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#89
Keep trying...	SidDithers	Apr 2012	#56
fail	paulk	Apr 2012	#69
You cannot be serious.	Ikonoklast	Apr 2012	#74
I think you are getting a real good schooling here, BBI	Whisp	Apr 2012	#75
They're ignoring almost everyone doing the educating...nt	SidDithers	Apr 2012	#77
I wasn't adequately schooled about George W. Bush's "axis of evil" bull shit.	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#103
Because the NK gov't would simply claim	SATIRical	Apr 2012	#111
The food aid will return, actually. Much sooner than when we did this in 2006 (nuke test).	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#124
The reason it is done is to send a signal to the people.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#123
"their food"	treestar	Apr 2012	#80
Are you serious???	Texasgal	Apr 2012	#82
Take up your concerns with the fine generals of the DPRK.	Daniel537	Apr 2012	#87
I doubt the aid reaches the average North Korean, anyway.	Odin2005	Apr 2012	#88
It's alleged that much of it goes to the leadership and military	Kaleva	Apr 2012	#101
That is a foregone conclusion, the west does it just to say "well we helped."	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#119
The leaders of North Korea could invest money in food.	bluestate10	Apr 2012	#93
North Carolina? I really don't think they're that bad...	SidDithers	Apr 2012	#102
Food security is the easiest thing for a country to do.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#118
Does this mean there is another "peace" prize in the offing?	Tierra_y_Libertad	Apr 2012	#105
heh	SammyWinstonJack	Apr 2012	#106
Your next thread calls it a rocket. Which is it, BBI?	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#109
It sure looks like a rocket to me. Using your rocket expertise what do you think it really is?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#115
You're a rocket scientist?	Robb	Apr 2012	#144
For those who haven't seen it, Mitchell and Webb brilliance on that topic...	SidDithers	Apr 2012	#145
whatever it is.. it somehow makes Obama evilllllllllllll	dionysus	Apr 2012	#132
My head is spinning.	DevonRex	Apr 2012	#147
When we reinstate it quietly in a month or two at most...	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#117
poutrage fail. try harder...	dionysus	Apr 2012	#125
Here's another example	rudycantfail	Apr 2012	#128
It wasn't getting to the people who needed it, anyway.	NashvilleLefty	Apr 2012	#134
why should we feed them?	SwampG8r	Apr 2012	#135
Clearly North Korea was using the food aid for a bake sale to raise money for Bradley Manning's	WonderGrunion	Apr 2012	#139
Do you think Manning is guilty of espionage and should do years of hard labor in prison?	Better Believe It	Apr 2012	#146
They had their chance.	agentS	Apr 2012	#140
There is zero chance for an uprising, like Libya North Korea believes in Collective Punishment.	joshcryer	Apr 2012	#142
The US Should Punish North Korea's Leaders, NOT Its People	zorahopkins	Apr 2012	#148
Did you bother to read through this thread before commenting?	Tarheel_Dem	Apr 2012	#149

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