Friday, March 1st, 2013 at 4:05 pm  |  151 responses

US Government Slams North Korea for Wining and Dining Dennis Rodman


Dennis Rodman’s completely insane adventure in North Korea has come to an end. And the U.S. government is none too pleased with the antics that took place. It released a statement today, putting the North Korean government on blast for showing The Worm a good time while its own people starve. (So much for “basketball diplomacy”.) Per the AP: “At Pyongyang’s Sunan airport on his way to Beijing, Rodman said it was ‘amazing’ that the North Koreans were ‘so honest.’ He added that Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, North Korea’s founder, ‘were great leaders.’ … ‘He’s proud, his country likes him — not like him, love him, love him,’ Rodman said of Kim Jong Un. ‘Guess what, I love him. The guy’s really awesome.’ At Beijing’s airport, Rodman pushed past waiting journalists without saying anything. Rodman’s visit to North Korea began Monday and took place amid tension between Washington and Pyongyang. North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test just two weeks ago, making clear the provocative act was a warning to the United States to drop what it considers a ‘hostile’ policy toward the North. The State Department on Friday distanced itself from Rodman’s visit and his praise for Kim, saying he doesn’t represent the United States. ‘The North Korean regime has a horrific human rights record, quite possibly the worst human rights situation in the world,’ spokesman Patrick Ventrell told reporters in Washington. He accused the regime of depriving their people of food, shelter, water and maintaining prison gulags. Ventrell also took aim at Pyongyang for its grand treatment of the visiting basketball stars. ‘Clearly you’ve got the regime spending money to wine and dine foreign visitors, when they should be feeding their own people,’ he said.”

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  • 1982

    Should’ve just ordered pizza, Ventrell wouldn’t have had a problem with that. Treat a foreign guest as a guest? Pshh.

  • KevinJohnsonFan

    Yeah, the U.S. has such a great record with human rights.

  • Solito

    Rodman is a puppet… inviting people with no political concepts (or in this case, plain stupid) has always been a propaganda stunt of communistic regimes, with the hope that they would go back and because they have media presence would promote “oh, it is not as bad as it is portrayed by our government.” For ex. East Germany Gov. would bring over musicians and bands, allow concerts or art exhibitions from – as they would call them – “Friends of the DDR”. Guess, it didn’t really work to well…

  • Redd

    Mean while countless innocent children die right in the city of the US President. Hypocrites.

  • initbruv

    Not really comparable.

  • MUBWAR

    when a country has arm soldiers in 35 different countries around the planet and fighting a new war every 10 years they have no right to call another nation HOSTILE even if that nation is north korea

  • initbruv

    “He’s proud, his country likes him — not like him, love him, love him”…yeah they love him in the same way the people in 1984 loved Big Brother. This is some absolute madness from a dude that I always loved. Read more Rodman, that’s all I can say.

  • initbruv

    To all you people who want to act like America has no business castigating N.Korea…just stop.

  • initbruv

    So…that means what in comparison with N.Korea?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Junior-Taylor/100003121138419 Junior Taylor

    The country that has more people living under the poverty line than ever before has no right to criticize anyone for not “feeding their own people”.

  • initbruv

    Yes you’re right, America has not done enough for the poor. Still not comparable to N.Korea. Not even close. Little known fact: the social safety net in N.Korea is just an actual net to help you drag your loved one’s body to the cemetery.

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  • jaycee

    The American government has killed more innocent people than all the other nations combined. You have conducted testing on your own people (through declassified govt documents), you performed illegal hysterectomies on the First Americans up until the 60′s/70′s, I dont even need to touch on slavery. You’ve dropped the most bombs…. and you’re angry at the Worm? SMH @ you AMERICA (and the rest of the western world who loves to point the finger to shift the blame).

  • bike

    I’m guessing as soon as Rodman took off, the Kim Jon Un gang laughed themselves silly over the whole thing. The U.S. should have kept quiet…its Rodman for God’s sake.

  • initbruv

    I haven’t conducted tests on anyone so fix your pronouns. And problems of the past or even the present do not at all exempt N.Korea from criticism. America has undoubtedly done horrific things. But to pretend that we should not criticize N.Korea here and now is foolish and fake fairness.

  • jaycee

    it is. Jesus said ‘let he who is free of sin cast the first stone’ – well America (really still an extension of the british colonial regime/idealogy – despite your civil war) is about the most corrupted nation in the world. Fix up your own backyard. If you stopped your wars, you could feed your entire nation for free, give EVERYBODY jobs, have money left to build schools and hospitals all over the middle east (then you’ll get MAD LOVE from the middle east) and have more money left to feed every starving child (you care so much about) in NKOREA for the rest of their life.

  • Redd

    Aren’t you from the UK..?

  • initbruv

    “About the most corrupted nation in the world”. Here’s the thing Jaycee, it isn’t. It’s commonplace for people to take something that is true, like the fact that America’s history is littered with disgraceful characters and events, or that there is corruption in America, and deciding that they are just as bad if not worse than every other nation out there. As per your idea of giving EVERYBODY jobs, the Middle East suddenly loving us, and feeding our nation for free (whatever that means), all I can say is you would do better to see the world as it is, not in some sort of mythical hypothetical world.

  • initbruv

    No. I’m American.

  • Redd

    It is comparable…LOL.

  • Redd

    So the US didn’t commit the worst recorded genocide ever?

    Lol ok.

  • initbruv

    Not really something to LOL about either.

  • Redd

    “initbruv”.

    Could’ve fooled me.

  • Redd

    Fooled me with the ‘init’

  • initbruv

    Good catch, you’re the first one to point it out. When I made the screen name I was living in England and thought that saying was hilarious.

  • Redd

    Ohh, lol nah it’s a dope name.

  • Redd

    I’m laughing at the fact you think it’s not comparable.

    Because it’s a joke to think so.

  • initbruv

    Much obliged.

  • initbruv

    It isn’t countless children, there is an actual number of children who die from starvation in DC every year. Do you really think it would stack up to any city in N. Korea? Again, I would probably agree with you on any criticism that you might levy against America. Just think it’s wrong to pretend that America is on par with N.Korea.

  • Redd

    It doesn’t matter, I’m not trying to have a competition on who suffers more.

    But the deaths of children by gun violence in Chicago is far more than any city in N. Korea I’m certain. We have to fix our own issues before pointing fingers.

  • initbruv

    Um, Europeans from Spain, Britain, and France definitely wiped out an entire culture. Their brethren who became Americans did indeed help in that awful process. We did have a president who is still celebrated today who ordered the Trail of Tears. We did have a despicable slave trade, including our most celebrated presidents. We have bombed countless civilians and sent our young men off to b.s. wars. etc, etc, etc, etc, etc. And I’m still telling you, today, that you are being a fool by trying to defend N.Korea. All our history tells us is that we are a nation that has been governed by human beings, some of whom were terrible. Now should we list the accomplishments/positives of America? Then stack those up against N.Korea.

  • initbruv

    Yes and Americans are killing each other in Chicago, while the government is killing people in Pyongyang.

  • initbruv

    We will not ever “fix” our issues.

  • Comment_System

    Yes, except we actually have programs like welfare, homeless shelters etc., while they have an “sucks for you” policy.

  • jaycee

    Nothing mythical about the figures your government spends on tanks, planes, bombs and ammunition. Im from Australia and I hold our government with just about the same light as yours. And I meant what I said literally, if you stopped invading you literally could do all those things I listed and have change. Why not?

  • Comment_System

    you wouldnt actually KNOW the deaths of children in N.korea because they do not publicize anything that makes them look bad.

  • initbruv

    Why not stop invading? I don’t know, I don’t think we should invade countries either. And I do think that is good not only morally, but also financially. I’m just saying that you’re talking about the world like it’s simple. What is it that leads you to believe this? Is it that Bible stuff you’re throwing around?

  • roscoe

    maybe Rodman can say something to his “new friend” & make a positive difference.

    I’m calling u out Rodman… call it how it is seen & use ur celebrity 2 make a positive impact.

    its up to u BRAH

  • Redd

    Then they should call out China too? Lol, again USA needs to look in mirror first. Not like the USA didn’t start the crack epidemic which is still seeing the effects.

  • initbruv

    I will refer you back to the long list below. Both of those points are included in the etcs.

  • jaycee

    I don’t think anyone is really defending North Korea here. They subject their citizens to all sorts of dirt, while the elite get fat of the masses. We are just critical of the USA trying to play the role of referee, when they themselves do not play by the rules.

    Why can’t it be simple? Love your neighbour? simple? maybe yes. You’ll find that teaching outside of the bible too.

  • KevinJohnsonFan

    It means that when other countries criticize the U.S., no one should throw a fit because it’s deserved. A country that participated in the kidnapping of a group of people from it’s native land and enslaved them and forced them to work for free for 400 years in a country that so many people think Columbus discovered (which he didn’t), has a lot to be criticized for. Not only were those people kidnapped, they had their language, religion, culture and name taken from them. And they were called dumb when they struggled to learn a language that they weren’t supposed to know or speak in the first place. Those same people are now jailed in a disproportionate number in comparison to the other ethnic groups in this country. So as far as human rights go, this is basically like JR Smith calling out Kobe Bryant for taking a few bad shots.

  • initbruv

    No it isn’t like that because Kobe Bryant isn’t threatening nuclear attacks every couple of months.

  • KevinJohnsonFan

    I see you struggle with understanding analogies.

  • initbruv

    You’re a good dude (chick?) Jaycee, and I think this conversation has gone about as far as is beneficial. Good chat.

  • initbruv

    I see you struggle to give coherent analogies.

  • initbruv

    Does America’s past mean that they can’t criticize other countries that are threatening them with nuclear war? Is that what you are struggling to say?

  • z

    Snd the U.S. government is the beacon of transparency. Foh

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