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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why are people blaming the Obama Admin if Americans are not allowed to travel there? Or are discouraged from going there.[/quote]

People who don't understand a concept of personal responsibility always blame someone else.
If the boy was kidnaped by NK intelligence and taken to NK, that would be different.

I don't like obama at all, but what happened to this boy was self inflicted.
Still sorry for him and his family. Doctors said he has extensive brain tissue damage. Awful.[/quote]

There are Americans all over the world in trouble zones. Many are missionaries (Philippines, Africa) or have dual nationality (Iran) or business interests. Some even may even be helping foment revolution or resistance to terrible regimes. I agree to travel to NK as a tourist was not a choice I would make, compounded by the poor choice in the hotel. However, this punishment was disproportionate to his actions and world wide our diplomats advocate for (and our Marines sometimes rescue) Americans being used as political pawns or unfairly treated. Thats what we do. For all of them.[/quote]

I had a liberal friend, who's kid did a round-the-world trip college-sponsored trip.  The kids on that trip did all sorts of stupid things - one almost died from alcohol poisoning. They trespassed in hotels in Singapore to use their pools. They blatantly violated laws. Some were simply damn lucky they came home in one piece. When he started spewing the same liberal nonsense re: not traveling to N. Korea, I reminded him that he'd be singing a different tune if it was HIS kid in that situation. That ended the conversation.[/quote]

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