Comments on: Joe Dresnok: An American In North Korea

Bob Simon Reports On The Last U.S. Soldier Still Living In North Korea

[kat26ky]

This man is a coward and an ignorant fool. Dresnok has been taken care of by North Korea because of propaganda and is being used as propaganda again.

[glimmerman7]

Tunman;

When I lived near there since 2002, I spoke with no less than 7 people who came across the Tumen River from DPRK. Some told me 35, 48, 55, 50 42. Depending which area they escaped from (Nampo, Kanggye) Some Chinese were on a tour bus and observed 5 working in a field and speaking with their North Korean guards. Have you ever lived there? Have you ever spoken to escapees or government people from the DPRK? You can travel to Tumen, Yanji, Tonghua and speak with the people there and see for yourself if there is any doubt?? You can purchase a ticket from the westcoast (LAX, SFO)to Shenyang, China and make the appropriate connections to those cities if you wish. However,just like me you will take a risk in doing that.

God Bless

Glimmerman

[agnim]

"..... the DPRK started the war

Posted by tunman at 04:00 PM : Jan 29, 2007"

I thought it was the FOREIGN INVADERS AND COLONIZERS OF KOREAN SPACE who started the war, and still refused to leave Korean space to this day? LOL

[tunman-2009]

Glimmerman,

If you know there are 35-50 MIA|POW from the Vietnam era, why cant you give an exact number?
You are backing a loser by supporting this Dresnok. Remember, the DPRK started the war, and are busy starving its own people to support this propaganda relic!

[glimmerman7]

One last comment then I am done! No one even dares to mention the 35-50 American POWs from the Vietnam War still being held in North Korea. Mr. Dresnok is NOT the last American in DPRK. Our government claims they all decided to stay and are defectors. Whey are they in collective farms south of Kanggye and east of Nampo under armed guards?? They are there, I know!!

God Bless

Glimmerman

[glimmerman7]

I am glad "tunman" found my response interesting. I just wanted people to look at Mr. Dresnok in a different perspective. I have previously lived in the area where Mr. Dresnok is now living for several years. I do not recall speaking with any of the people that have made these comments about Mr. Dresnok while I lived there. I do know this from experience, once you have lived outside the US for over a year you see how other people perceive us as a nation and society. Remember once you utter words about someone you cannot take it back. Just as you fire a "bullet" from a gun you cannot call it back. In the immortal words of a man who inspired me to write, Mr. Rod Serling,

"There are weapons that are simply thoughts, attitudes, prejudices -- to be found in the minds of men. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy, and a thoughtless, frightened search for a scapegoat has a fallout all its own -- for the children and the children yet unborn. And the pity of it is that these things cannot be confined to the Twilight Zone."

God Bless

Glimmerman

[oleander8]

What do you bashers know about this man except what you have just read? It was an interesting story - end of discussion.

[portagejlh]

Who cares? He certainly is a user from the word go. Don't waste your airtime on such garbage. I feel sorry for his children to have such a waste of a human for a father!

[garner991]

According to Karl Marx statement-(One man%u2019s success is according to one man%u2019s ability).

Apparently this man (Joe Dresnok) was just an un-educated white trash redneck not so bright man that was abandon at birth (sorry to be so honest). When you think about it the American Free Market Capitalist Society is only for the most talent people. Only the cream rises to the top in America.

What do you think Mr. Dresnok would be doing in America now? He in all likely would have worked at low-wage jobs all his life. Or maybe he would have been put in prison. If not these (2) he would have stayed on the welfare system and food stamps and we would be taking care of him now.

It%u2019s a good thing that the North Korean government is taking care of him instead of the US government like they are with so many other people.

[tunman-2009]

I will say somebody has a sense of humor about this. Glimmerman, that is the funniest one I have read so far. You have taken the humor of blame placing to new heights! Keep up the good work and I hope to read more of your gems. This guy is still a write off and thank God he is North Korea's problem!

[labettis]

I think his defecting to N Korea was probably a good thing for people here in the US. I would hate to think of what this man would be like if he had returned to the states. In and out of prison, destroying other people's lives with his hatred and anger.

[glimmerman7]

This is an interesting story. If you look beyond your childish anger conerning this man you will see a product of the American society. A culture and society that does nothing to help the abused, poor, and forgotten souls. Mr. Dresnok is a product of our forgotten. We live in the richest and greatest nation on earth yet we are more concerned with our "portfolios" than helping our fellow citizens in despair. I am also a veteran, a former state police officer, teacher, author who has served this country for more than 25 years. I always look at the cause of people's desparate actions and hopefully preventing behavior as Mr. Desnok's. He is not totally to blame. We need to look at our society as well.

God Bless

Glimmerman

[susubaba]

hey,everybody deserves a chance to talk.Lets listen and talk.I would like to talk every day through my website www.edaily.org .

[tunman-2009]

A traitor pure and simple! Take heart in knowing you are reviled and have another drink while your "fellow" countrymen starve to death.

[lieberman18]

drink yourself to death, you d&mn *** and traitor. Hope the eyes of the dead babies murdered by Kim haunt your rotting soul.

[lieberman18]

Wow, NYCKate, there's still SOME hope for you.

Now, while you rightfully bash Dresnok, think about those who are behind your anti-Iraq war rallies - Traitors no better than Dresnok, and also in the pay of Kim Il Jong.

Don't believe me - go to the ANSWER and UFPJ websites. Of course you won't get the truth from those Red Hitlerites, but if you are open-minded enough to do just a wee bit of research, you'll know where these Red Nazis come from.

They want you to have Sharia AND Stalinism. Enjoy.

[lieberman18]

a jerk, a total loser, and bottom line a pathetic traitor and psycopath.

do you enjoy killing and starving babies like your hero, Kim, Dresnok?

as for rufusmin, go and join him. Bash Bush, but do it from one of Kim's comfortable apartments. Just remember 20-30 miles away babies are being starved and slaughtered. But hey, you can bash Bush all you want - and have all the Jack Daniels you can drink too.

All traitors and Neo-Fascist apologists - remember it was North Korea's propaganda arm ANSWER that presented the anti-"war" rally this past weekend. You can always move there if you think Bush is bring America fascism. You won't be missed.

[nitro66ds]

I find it interesting that after over 40 years in N Korea he still calls himself an American.

[thom651]

Why is minutes wasting their time with this traitor and deserter. This is a insult to every military person who served honorably. I served my country for over 20 years in the United States Army and 21 years with the federal goverment as a meteorologist and hydrologist. Generally your news program is very good, hope you don't continue with programs along these line. As you just lost a viewer.

[emtak1]

What an odd story. Kinda like a bear or cougar running into the zoo to live out his days in a cage voluntarily. And then calling it paradise.

Perhaps North Korea was able to lend Mr. Dresnok some badly needed stability in his life. And maybe his son will bear sweeter fruit than his father as a diplomat.

But it appears that. Mr. Dresnock,like North Korea is falling apart. Nothing last forever. Americans and Koreans have our ambitions. But God, too, has his own designs that dont necessarily have anything to do with either.