Super Bill (Clinton) to the rescue!!!!

It happened so fast you could have blinked and missed it. Even more surprising is how fast it was quickly worked over and then silenced on, leading me, at least, to wonder: what exactly did he do?

What I am referring too is the release of Journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee this past Wednesday after being held for nearly 5 months in North Korea, on suspicion of illegally entering the country, by President Kim Jong Il. Their release came at the hands of former President Bill Clinton, whose presence was requested by leaders in North Koreas capital Pyongyang, to help end the political standoff with Washington over the release of the 2 reporters.

No matter how you view the situation-e.g. whether Ling and Lee were guilty of the crimes they were accused of-I find it very interesting that of all the people Jong Il wanted in North Korea to mediate with was Bill Clinton. Further, I found it amazing how fast Clinton succeeded in obtaining the release of the 2 reporters-it seems as if he had gotten their release the minute he landed in North Korea for negotiations.

So what did he give them in return? Well, we have no idea and since the story died nearly as soon as the women returned home, and Clinton is quoted as saying he cannot talk about what was discussed or what the terms of their release were, one still has to ask, not only what that price was, but was it too high?

Whether or not these women were unfairly held by the North Korean government is beside the point, particularly if the price of their release was something along the lines of the technology needed to launch an intercontinental ballistic missile-which would be too high a price in my opinion.

In all likelihood, Clinton offered something he couldn’t guarantee, which makes me even more nervous seeing as how North Korea is an official nuclear power now and is actively-and defiantly-seeking the technology mentioned above to create a long distance delivery system for the nuclear devices the international community believes them to have, which would make North Korea a threat to nearly every major country on the planet and a bigger worry given their suspected covert support of international terrorists groups like Al Qaeda. Therefore, if Clinton did in fact offer something he couldn’t deliver on, then all this will do is provoke the North Koreans even further, which, if I haven’t said it enough, is more than a little scary.