Despotately Seeking Suzerainty, Reprise 0
In the Hartford Courant, Nathaniel Zelinsky shares his concern and unease with Donald Trump’s dalliances with despots.
Few statements could be more perverse: Kim certainly does not “do right” by the hundreds of thousands of North Koreans in prison camps. He does not “do right” by the 10.5 million North Koreans who are undernourished as a direct result of the regime’s actions. Nor does he “do right” when he restricts North Koreans’ freedom to speak or to travel (to name just two freedoms) in his desperate quest to retain control of the Hermit Kingdom.
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