Posted on 12/21/2011 2:28:39 PM PST by RobinMasters
Former President Jimmy Carter has sent North Korea a message of condolence over the death of Kim Jong-il and wished "every success" to the man expected to take over as dictator, according to the communist country's state-run news agency.
A dispatch from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Mr. Carter sent the message to Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il's son and heir apparent.
"In the message Jimmy Carter extended condolences to Kim Jong Un and the Korean people over the demise of leader Kim Jong Il. He wished Kim Jong Un every success as he assumes his new responsibility of leadership, looking forward to another visit to [North Korea] in the future," the KCNA dispatch read.
When contacted by The Washington Times for comment, the Carter Center provided an email contact to a spokeswoman who is out of the office until the New Year.
North Korea is routinely labeled as one of the world's most oppressive governments under an eccentric personality cult surrounding the Kim family. Harrowing reports from defectors describe North Korea as a dirt-poor nation filled with concentration camps and Communist propaganda. Kim Jong-il ran the reclusive country according to a "military first" policy since the mid-1990s, after a famine that may have killed as many as 2 million people.
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I was looking for a Semmens byline on this one....
Kim Jong-il ? Rot in Hell, Rot in hell..
I’m sure Jimmy is sincere, too.
Traiterous old fool is too weak to fly over - attend the funeral - and weep over this commie bastid?
Disgusting.
Jimmah Peanut was worried about being overtaken by Barry as worst prez ever and is trying to regain his # 1 status.
Didn’t someone at the home let him know he isn’t president anymore? I used to work for this loser. Much worse in real life than what the liberal media let slip out. You have no idea what a breath of fresh air the Reagan administration was!!
Predictable.
‘Former President Jimmy Carter has sent North Korea a message of condolence over the death of Kim Jong-il and wished “every success” to the man expected to take over as dictator, according to the communist country’s state-run news agency. ‘
Success and liberty. Both very foreign concepts to the former President from Georgia.
Kim Jong not ill. Kim Jong dead.
Carter has peanut mosaic brain disease. Incurable and annoying as hell for everyone that hears his babble.
The Kim family has ruled N. Korea as a ChiCom satellite. They are hard core Stalinist thugs responsible for the death, misery, starvation and persecution of millions of their own people.
Jimmy Carter sending sympathies- no surprise.
The US State Dept issued a complimentary statement praising Kim’s good humor. Are they sending old Hutlery herself to the funeral? Or is she just waiting in the wings to swoop down on her broom and off Bite Me or BO?
Does Semmens have us trained or what? I thought, “ooh, this should be a good one of his”. Sadly... this isn’t satire.
Actually, those of us who lived through his benighted administration know exactly what a breath of fresh air Ronald Reagan was.
commies support commies
Though it be a sin, I look forward to seeing the “James Earl Carter Memorial Statue” in DC...
Jimmy Carter is pathologically evil. You can expect Obama will be doing the same thing in 20-30 years going around embarassing America supporting evil nations.
I’m surprised that Obama hasn’t yet sent a wreath, along with an apology for that nasty bit of business back in the early ‘50s....
Coming to a back yard near us.
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