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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRodman plans vacation with North Korean leader Kim-NOT the Onion!
I can't help it!http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/asia-pacific/287637-rodman-plans-vacation-with-north-korean-leader-kim#ixzz2NLcVLgsm
Rodman plans vacation with North Korean leader Kim
By Julian Pecquet - 03/12/13 01:28 PM ET
Fresh off his visit to North Korea, former basketball star Dennis Rodman told a North Dakota television station that he plans to go on vacation with dictator and sports fan Kim Jong Un in August.
The kid is awesome, Rodman said. But I think his grandfather {Kim Il-sung} and his father {Kim Jong-il} built this whole thing up and he has to do this.
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I don't condone what he does, Rodman told KVLY-KXJB. But, he's my friend.
Rodman's trip caused headaches for the Obama administration at a time of growing tensions with the nuclear-armed country. The White House dismissed it as a private citizen's initiative with no impact on U.S. foreign policy.
Instead of spending money on celebrity sporting events to entertain the elites of that country, the North Korean regime should focus on the well-being of its own people who have been starved, imprisoned, and denied their human rights, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.
Rodman made the comments during a promotional tour at a bar in Fargo, N.D.
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Rodman plans vacation with North Korean leader Kim-NOT the Onion! (Original Post)
babylonsister
Mar 2013
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Mika
(17,751 posts)1. "... should focus on the well-being of its own people..."
That's what our gov't should be doing also.
babylonsister
(171,079 posts)3. Tell it to the rethugs. nt
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)2. He'd make a good double-o agent. He wouldn't be suspected.
babylonsister
(171,079 posts)4. Hahaha! nt
notadmblnd
(23,720 posts)5. Think maybe all the bleach he used to dye his hair blond
burnt his brain?
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)6. Kim...
Please, keep Rodman. Maybe invite him to your next test.
arely staircase
(12,482 posts)7. this has some real potential
for what i am not saying.