UVA Student Released from North Korea; Has Been in a Coma for a Year?

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Anonymous wrote:R. I. P. Otto. I'm glad you were able to spend your last days surrounded by your loving family.

This. Thank Barack Obama for doing nothing to get him home.

I don't want the US government to risk other people's lives to rescue people who make foolish decisions.

Please note:
Trump didn't risk anyone's life.
Obama ignored the whole thing.

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Get over it

Obama did nothing. Shame on him.

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Anonymous wrote:I wonder if he was evaluated as brain dead and the family decided to take him off life support.

The doctors said his breathing was not assisted. I’m not sure what other life support would be needed, other than a feeding tube. And, it can take a long time to pass when a feeding tube is removed.

Hydration may have been cut off.

Or he could have developed aspiration pneumonia due to not being able to manage his secretions. Does it really matter? I'm sure his parents and doctors made the best decisions they could for him based on his condition and what they thought he would have wanted.

I hope the GOP follows through on banning tourist travel to North Korea, or that Trump issues an executive order. But of course they came out immediately following Warmbier's arrival home and announced restrictions on Cuba, because we must always pick on Cuba. They've never killed an American in their prisons, and they've extradited a fugitive pedophile and returned three abducted kids and arrested the absconding parent, but somehow we should ban travel there and not to North Korea. Totally illogical.

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Anonymous wrote:How incredibly sad for his family. I hope they can find some measure of peace.

His family has shown great strength and grace through all this. Not sure I could do the same.

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+2. Having listened to Mr. Wambier since Otto's return, I am am even more convinced that better angels on earth abound. Peace by with the family and Otto.

What does this mean?

Mr. Warmbier seemed angelic to me, in his responses and body language to the press questions about his son. A perfect demeanor: one I could never have achieved and one where I knew Otto Warmbier was now at peace and in angelic hands. If you haven't seen his press conference, please do look.

So angelic he couldn't help but politicize it . Yeah very angelic indeed

Quite the contrary. This man went out of his way NOT to politicize it. When asked if the Obama administration could have done more, his answer was simply “The results speak for themselves.” He was asked questions about what our government did or didn’t do. He answered those questions honestly and as “apolitical” as he could. He didn’t lie.
This family was told to “lay low” for several months. Meanwhile, they made repeated trips to DC to talk with lawmakers, ambassadors, anyone who would listen and to no avail. They never met with Obama. Not sure they ever spoke with him.
When Trump came to office, Tillerson took this case on right away. He enlisted the assistance of the Swedes and State Department Special Representative Joseph Yun. This is the man that negotiated, with N Korea, for his release.
I wouldn’t blame the parents one little bit for being angry that their so-called “strategic patience” was wasted energy, but he didn’t come across as angry at all. He was thankful for the time he was able to spend with his son.

Exactly.

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They murdered an American and they need to pay the price.

What is the price for murdering an American?

Ask the Israelis and the Gazans. The Israelis don't readily put up with this shit.

I should ask the Israelis and the Palestinians what the price is for murdering an American?

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Anonymous wrote:R. I. P. Otto. I'm glad you were able to spend your last days surrounded by your loving family.

This. Thank Barack Obama for doing nothing to get him home.

I don't want the US government to risk other people's lives to rescue people who make foolish decisions.

Please note:
Trump didn't risk anyone's life.
Obama ignored the whole thing.

+1

Get over it

Obama did nothing. Shame on him.

I don't know what Trump or Obama did or did not do. It was well done of Tillerson to act and to successfuly bring Otto home.

However, do you really think Tillerson would have had success had Otto been in better physical condition? There are still other Americans held in NK. Tillerson hasn't brought them home yet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder if he was evaluated as brain dead and the family decided to take him off life support.

The doctors said his breathing was not assisted. I’m not sure what other life support would be needed, other than a feeding tube. And, it can take a long time to pass when a feeding tube is removed.

Hydration may have been cut off.

Or he could have developed aspiration pneumonia due to not being able to manage his secretions. Does it really matter? I'm sure his parents and doctors made the best decisions they could for him based on his condition and what they thought he would have wanted.

I hope the GOP follows through on banning tourist travel to North Korea, or that Trump issues an executive order. But of course they came out immediately following Warmbier's arrival home and announced restrictions on Cuba, because we must always pick on Cuba. They've never killed an American in their prisons, and they've extradited a fugitive pedophile and returned three abducted kids and arrested the absconding parent, but somehow we should ban travel there and not to North Korea. Totally illogical.

The Cuba decision is a discussion for another thread.
I would LOVE for the president to issue an EO prohibiting travel to NK. But, someone would undoubtedly take it to court and it would be struck down.
We need to get the other 3 prisoners home. ASAP.

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Yes, NK should get consequences.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:R. I. P. Otto. I'm glad you were able to spend your last days surrounded by your loving family.

This. Thank Barack Obama for doing nothing to get him home.

I don't want the US government to risk other people's lives to rescue people who make foolish decisions.

Please note:
Trump didn't risk anyone's life.
Obama ignored the whole thing.

+1

Get over it

Obama did nothing. Shame on him.

I don't know what Trump or Obama did or did not do. It was well done of Tillerson to act and to successfuly bring Otto home.

However, do you really think Tillerson would have had success had Otto been in better physical condition? There are still other Americans held in NK. Tillerson hasn't brought them home yet.

We’ll never know... but, from what I understand, it was Tillerson who was able to get a medical eval team there to check on ALL the Americans they are holding. That is when we discovered Warmbier’s condition.

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We’ll never know... but, from what I understand, it was Tillerson who was able to get a medical eval team there to check on ALL the Americans they are holding. That is when we discovered Warmbier’s condition.

You discovered Warmbier's condition?

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We’ll never know... but, from what I understand, it was Tillerson who was able to get a medical eval team there to check on ALL the Americans they are holding. That is when we discovered Warmbier’s condition.

You discovered Warmbier's condition?

“We” as in, our government. And, this is what you chose to focus on in my comment?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:R. I. P. Otto. I'm glad you were able to spend your last days surrounded by your loving family.

This. Thank Barack Obama for doing nothing to get him home.

I don't want the US government to risk other people's lives to rescue people who make foolish decisions.

Please note:
Trump didn't risk anyone's life.
Obama ignored the whole thing.

+1

Get over it

Obama did nothing. Shame on him.

I don't know what Trump or Obama did or did not do. It was well done of Tillerson to act and to successfuly bring Otto home.

However, do you really think Tillerson would have had success had Otto been in better physical condition? There are still other Americans held in NK. Tillerson hasn't brought them home yet.

We’ll never know... but, from what I understand, it was Tillerson who was able to get a medical eval team there to check on ALL the Americans they are holding. That is when we discovered Warmbier’s condition.

Then we can assume that the other Americans are not in comas and are not coming home any time soon.

[Anonymous]

Obama did nothing to help him or his family.

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Why would anyone travel to NK, let alone a private American citizen? And why would that person (or that person's family) expect the American government to rescue them if they run into trouble in NK? Yes, Americans were strongly advised by our government not to travel there. But it's also common sense. I feel for this young man's family, but he is accountable for his actions in traveling there.

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Who are the other three being held there?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

We’ll never know... but, from what I understand, it was Tillerson who was able to get a medical eval team there to check on ALL the Americans they are holding. That is when we discovered Warmbier’s condition.

You discovered Warmbier's condition?

“We” as in, our government. And, this is what you chose to focus on in my comment?

+1 Seriously.