FOR mr. HARDEN OF THE washingtonpost.com
Dear Mr. Harden,
Thank you for your article on the latest fiasco from North Korea. I believe it is just such an article that was expected and "planned" by the North Koreans, who are in the midst of a leadership struggle and an international scandal. Publicizing this as an atrocity, only fires the fuel of the bullies in North Korea who seek control, internal and external. They have successfully scared us and their own people to provoke a certain kind of voting behaviour and a certain kind of diplomatic ado. It's the world wide and nation wide propaganda they seek to get re-elected and show the country and themselves that they have the power and deserve to be voted in, again.
I suggest, perhaps naively, that the world stop seeing their activities as dangerous. The only people who will be truly harmed are the common North Korean folks who have as much of a distaste for a leader who threatens annihilation as we do. Give the space and the rope to destroy themselves without harm to the populaces of the world and their own populace. Turn off the satellite surveillances. Pay no attention to their propagandas. Continue to take the high road: offer help until they smarten up and see that threatening death will get them nowhere! Turn the other cheek. Forgive thine enemies as they will eventually forgive you. Offer love and forgiveness, not anger and fear. See if, eventually, they will do the same.
Share a bowl of chicken soup and some great lo mien with them. Let the sensible common folks say hi across the backyard fence and share a BBQ hamburger or kabob with them. They are people. We are people. We want to feed our families and have a satisfying job which has a reasonable wage. We want to worship our deities in peace and without interference. Amen.
Thank you for letting me post these comments right after your excellent article, on the extremely convenient website, www.washingtonpost.com.
Sincerely,
Izzy Sommers, MD, retired, Welland, Canada.
canadizzy wrote:
Dear Mr. Harden,
Thank you for your article on the latest fiasco from North Korea. I believe it is just such an article that was expected and "planned" by the North Koreans, who are in the midst of a leadership struggle and an international scandal. Publicizing this as an atrocity, only fires the fuel of the bullies in North Korea who seek control, internal and external. They have successfully scared us and their own people to provoke a certain kind of voting behaviour and a certain kind of diplomatic ado. It's the world wide and nation wide propaganda they seek to get re-elected and show the country and themselves that they have the power and deserve to be voted in, again.
I suggest, perhaps naively, that the world stop seeing their activities as dangerous. The only people who will be truly harmed are the common North Korean folks who have as much of a distaste for a leader who threatens annihilation as we do. Give the space and the rope to destroy themselves without harm to the populaces of the world and their own populace. Turn off the satellite surveillances. Pay no attention to their propagandas. Continue to take the high road: offer help until they smarten up and see that threatening death will get them nowhere! Turn the other cheek. Forgive thine enemies as they will eventually forgive you. Offer love and forgiveness, not anger and fear. See if, eventually, they will do the same.
Share a bowl of chicken soup and some great lo mien with them. Let the sensible common folks say hi across the backyard fence and share a BBQ hamburger or kabob with them. They are people. We are people. We want to feed our families and have a satisfying job which has a reasonable wage. We want to worship our deities in peace and without interference. Amen.
Thank you for letting me post these comments right after your excellent article, on the extremely convenient website, www.washingtonpost.com.
Sincerely,
Izzy Sommers, MD, retired, Welland, Canada.
5/26/2009 7:05:07 AM
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North Korean Nuclear Blast Draws Global Condemnation
TOKYO, May 27 -- North Korea's detonation of a nuclear device Monday appears not to have been a significant technical advance over its first underground test three years ago. But it has triggered a swifter, stronger and more uniform wave of international condemnation, most notably from the isola...
Thank you for your article on the latest fiasco from North Korea. I believe it is just such an article that was expected and "planned" by the North Koreans, who are in the midst of a leadership struggle and an international scandal. Publicizing this as an atrocity, only fires the fuel of the bullies in North Korea who seek control, internal and external. They have successfully scared us and their own people to provoke a certain kind of voting behaviour and a certain kind of diplomatic ado. It's the world wide and nation wide propaganda they seek to get re-elected and show the country and themselves that they have the power and deserve to be voted in, again.
I suggest, perhaps naively, that the world stop seeing their activities as dangerous. The only people who will be truly harmed are the common North Korean folks who have as much of a distaste for a leader who threatens annihilation as we do. Give the space and the rope to destroy themselves without harm to the populaces of the world and their own populace. Turn off the satellite surveillances. Pay no attention to their propagandas. Continue to take the high road: offer help until they smarten up and see that threatening death will get them nowhere! Turn the other cheek. Forgive thine enemies as they will eventually forgive you. Offer love and forgiveness, not anger and fear. See if, eventually, they will do the same.
Share a bowl of chicken soup and some great lo mien with them. Let the sensible common folks say hi across the backyard fence and share a BBQ hamburger or kabob with them. They are people. We are people. We want to feed our families and have a satisfying job which has a reasonable wage. We want to worship our deities in peace and without interference. Amen.
Thank you for letting me post these comments right after your excellent article, on the extremely convenient website, www.washingtonpost.com.
Sincerely,
Izzy Sommers, MD, retired, Welland, Canada.
canadizzy wrote:
Dear Mr. Harden,
Thank you for your article on the latest fiasco from North Korea. I believe it is just such an article that was expected and "planned" by the North Koreans, who are in the midst of a leadership struggle and an international scandal. Publicizing this as an atrocity, only fires the fuel of the bullies in North Korea who seek control, internal and external. They have successfully scared us and their own people to provoke a certain kind of voting behaviour and a certain kind of diplomatic ado. It's the world wide and nation wide propaganda they seek to get re-elected and show the country and themselves that they have the power and deserve to be voted in, again.
I suggest, perhaps naively, that the world stop seeing their activities as dangerous. The only people who will be truly harmed are the common North Korean folks who have as much of a distaste for a leader who threatens annihilation as we do. Give the space and the rope to destroy themselves without harm to the populaces of the world and their own populace. Turn off the satellite surveillances. Pay no attention to their propagandas. Continue to take the high road: offer help until they smarten up and see that threatening death will get them nowhere! Turn the other cheek. Forgive thine enemies as they will eventually forgive you. Offer love and forgiveness, not anger and fear. See if, eventually, they will do the same.
Share a bowl of chicken soup and some great lo mien with them. Let the sensible common folks say hi across the backyard fence and share a BBQ hamburger or kabob with them. They are people. We are people. We want to feed our families and have a satisfying job which has a reasonable wage. We want to worship our deities in peace and without interference. Amen.
Thank you for letting me post these comments right after your excellent article, on the extremely convenient website, www.washingtonpost.com.
Sincerely,
Izzy Sommers, MD, retired, Welland, Canada.
5/26/2009 7:05:07 AM
TODAY'S NEWSPAPER
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washingtonpost.com > World > Asia/Pacific
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North Korean Nuclear Blast Draws Global Condemnation
TOKYO, May 27 -- North Korea's detonation of a nuclear device Monday appears not to have been a significant technical advance over its first underground test three years ago. But it has triggered a swifter, stronger and more uniform wave of international condemnation, most notably from the isola...
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