ABC News provides some important analysis that's not included in the article you linked:

this is kimmy's leverage - these women had to have had an idea what they were getting into - lisa, laura's sister, has snuck videos into and out of nk to warn the world about what is going on there - this may even be a little pay back.

...these women had to have had an idea what they were getting into - lisa, laura's sister, has snuck videos into and out of nk to warn the world about what is going on there -- #2 | Posted by nanc

Of course they knew. Pretty different from the crowd of journalists who don't do much more than transcribe statements at press conferences, eh?

The pair were detained by soldiers while on a story about refugees looking for food in China for Current TV, a San Francisco-based media company co-founded by Al Gore.

Al will take care of it.

#1 | Posted by Phoenix

so basically they are hostages then...

So Ronery ain't done yet... He wants a fight. Do you think Iran is egging him on behind the scenes?

Obama may get his first real test from this asshole. NKorea is not worth one American soldiers life. They have nothing to offer, we have nothing to gain. Unfortunate this asshole has nukes.

Today he threatened to use nukes against anyone who insulted the dignity or integrity of the PRK.

Time for this midget to go buhbye.

Time for this midget to go buhbye.

#7 | Posted by SanAntonioRogue

I agree-
but what, exactly, are you saying....

buh bye by some doing or involvement of the USA??

2nd question for you : What is this so-called Administration's latest position on this situation

I have not heard anything.

This is a typical North Korean kidnapping extortion plan emboldened by Obama perceived weakness.

That being said, libs are always whining about rehabilitation for prisoners who were never habilitated. We could outsource that job to NK. When those skinny fucks came back they would kiss the first American soil they saw.

This humanitarian has taken two journalists off our hands. No wonder they call him "Beloved Leader."

Can we send some trial attorneys over there, too? Maybe he can help us with those.

another way of sayin screw you barry-nk thinks obama is a punk
jasman

And of course the right nuts chime to pin it all on Obama. I guess serious discussion is still a few years out.

nk is building nukes for peaceful reasons.we must use the unclinched fist unless your israel.

I guess no one told thoes two "don't mess with the bull or you'll get the horn".

Do you think their boss algore will bail them out?

"And of course the right nuts chime to pin it all on Obama."

All Obama is guilty of is continuing the same idiotic pretense that Bush and all his predecessors operated under - that we can do anything about that little bastard without starting a war. Granted, Obama is a fool for making the same mistake everyone else made but he's hardly the first and won't be the last.

If we don't want to look weak, we should stop pretending that we can control the situation when the reality is that our only real recourse is to fight a war we aren't willing to fight.

Perhaps, if we stopped saying "we got this", China would step up and reign in the little weasel. He wouldn't last a month without them.

As for the journalists, I feel bad them. But I also felt bad for the guy on TV he stuck his head in an alligator's mouth and got chomped.

Sully, what have your mother and I told you about making sense on the retort? Now go to your room without dessert.

Why do they villanize Beloved Leader? This article proves his humanity and even honesty as he posed with the girls in front of his main constituency:

Oops! Look for the souvenir picture story at the above link.

This is a typical North Korean kidnapping extortion plan emboldened by Obama perceived weakness.

That being said, libs are always whining about rehabilitation for prisoners who were never habilitated. We could outsource that job to NK. When those skinny fucks came back they would kiss the first American soil they saw.

#9 | Posted by fwthom at 2009-06-09 09:18 AM | Reply | Flag:

I guess China held our pilots after Bush was in office for just 4 months out of respect???

p.s. "habilitated"????

p.s.s. next you'll be telling us 'irregardless'.

As far as these women, I hope they are released. I would not give N. Korea anything. They knew what they were getting into when they went over there.

As I have said before, I do not know why we make N. Korea our problem. Make them China's problem. The way to do that is to open up the store to Japan. Let China know that since they will not do anything about N. Korea we will be forced to sell Japan anything they need to protect themselves. Missle Defense, Atomic Bombs, Jets, Ships, whatever they want. That will get China off the dime and they will deal with N. Korea.

...so basically they are hostages then... -- #5 | Posted by donnerboy

Assuming Kim Jong Il behaves as expected, yeah. Given how notoriously brutal N. Korean labor camps are (beatings, starvation... a substantial number of the prisoners die from abuse and/or malnutrition).

I guess no one told thoes two "don't mess with the bull or you'll get the horn". -- #15 | Posted by Sniper

As for the journalists, I feel bad them. But I also felt bad for the guy on TV he stuck his head in an alligator's mouth and got chomped. -- #16 | Posted by Sully

Curious: did you feel the same way about the Americans held hostage by Iran 1979-1981? Were you equally disdainful of Dan Ellsberg for publishing the Pentagon Papers?

Given how notoriously brutal N. Korean labor camps are... #22 | Posted by Phoenix

Oops; lopped off the end of the sentence. s/b

Given how notoriously brutal N. Korean labor camps are, let's hope Kim Jong Il doesn't send them to one of the "real" ones.

Didn't Lisa Ling go there last year and video tape undercover then go on national TV reporting everything she saw. Now her sister goes over there and actually gets busted for attempting to do the same thing? Big Surprise.

I'm not going to get bent out of shape for these journalists. They knew the risks. They sought to advance their cause and eventually, to enrich themselves. Sometimes fame and fortune requires personal sacrifice. Every cause has it's martyrs.

Why have we not heard for big al????

I wish President Obama had the guts to order a US missile shot at the next missile North Korea shoots toward Alaska/US East Coast. It won't kill anyone, both missile go to pieces in all events as they fall into the Pacific and we get to practice our missile defense system as they test their offensive missile. What's to be scared of Barack? If we miss, it means we better well damn fix the system.