Bill Clinton To The Rescue

Well, Bill Clinton took a little trip to North Korea to secure the release of the two reporters for Al Gore's little media venture. Let me say up front that I'm happy they're back, as I'm sure their families are. I'm also certain, though, that Kim Jong Il got what he wanted. So, I watched the little news conference the two reporters gave and I'm a bit saddened by my feelings after watching it. As the one reporter painted a dramatic (melodramatic) picture of the shining white knight (aka Clinton) I had this feeling that it was all an act. She might have been telling the truth, but her tear-filled depiction seemed...contrived, forced.

Basically, Obama was able to bow down before North Korea without actually doing it himself, all in the name of recovering these reporters. The bottom line is that they are safely back. It's at least worth asking the question what it really cost...