Defense Secretary James Mattis said Wednesday that the recent death of Otto Warmbier, the 22-year-old college student who was held captive by North Korea, “goes beyond any kind of understanding of law and order, of humanity, of responsibility towards any human being.”
The University of Virginia student was touring North Korea in January 2016 when he was detained for allegedly stealing a propaganda banner at his hotel. Warmbier was sentenced to 15 years hard labor, but was sent home to Ohio on June 13 in a coma, dying days after his release, after spending 17 months in captivity.
Otto Warmbier’s death raises fears about North Korea tourism
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Otto Warmbier’s death raises fears about North Korea tourism
“We see a young man go over there healthy, and with a minor act of mischief come home dead,” Mattis said in a joint press conference with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson after briefing on the U.S.-China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue in Washington. “There is no way that we can look at a situation like this with any kind of understanding,” he added.Medical officials said Warmbier suffered “severe neurological injury” and his parents Fred and Cindy Warmbier said he fell victim to “awful, torturous mistreatment” by North Korea.
President Trump called Warmbier’s death “a total disgrace” on Tuesday, and he also tweeted that China’s efforts to help with North Korea have “not worked out.”
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North Korea like Cuba will not allow the ‘you know who’ and their hard drug dealing, gambling, prostitution and financial fleecing.
I have no sympathy for the americans, they caused thousands of deaths through their sanctions! North Korea should have them in The ICC!
wxactly,but much as israel does, one death is held up as an OMG how dare they moment.
Warmbier was Jewish, active in Hillel, and had been to Israel for his “holocaustianity” tour (making Ayala). He was likely in North Korea to spy for Mossad, because that’s how they operate. Jewish Americans are loyal to Israel after they are brainwashed and indoctrinated into the ‘tribe’ (my mother is Jewish, but I wasn’t raised as a Jew, and refused my invitation to IsRaEl…
yep,sounds much like the 2 american tourists who strayed into iran.
Warmbier was a Moron raised by morons.
“Otto Warmbier’s death raises fears about North Korea tourism” ??!!?? WTF?!
Why would anyone go there without a rifle and lots of grenades ?????/
oh please, medical officials also stated there was no signs of trauma. out goes the hysterical parents claims. why would anyone be touring north korea anyway? given the state of foreign relations? it makes no sense. the touring by 2 americans who magically wandered into iran comes to mind. sounds as if warmbier was a patsy.
“goes beyond any kind of understanding of law and order, of humanity, of responsibility towards any human being.”
Huh?
This from a key figure in the horrors of Iraq?
A man who earned the nickname “mad dog”?
An insider to the horrors of Guantanamo?
A man who knows American drones regularly murder people?
America just gets more bizarre and hypocritical and dangerous with each passing day.