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Dennis Rodman: International man of Mystery

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  • North Korea is Exploiting Rodman

    Votes: 6 54.5%

  • America is using him to collect intel etc.

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • It's all about the basketball

    Votes: 3 27.3%

  • Rodman is thumbing his nose at America

    Votes: 2 18.2%
  • Total voters
    11
CanadaJohn said:
Well, Rodman apparently called both Obama and Hillary Clinton assholes, so the man has a good bull**** detector at least. And if he's just visiting North Korea to help train their Olympic basketball program, no big deal. May actually be a good way to help to at least start to soften the North Korean stance toward the west - Bill Richardson's self-promotion vis-a-vis North Korea isn't any better, in my view.
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Couldn't you view his statement about Obama and Clinton as an example of his naivety about North Korea?
 
SBu said:
I hope Rodman knows he's playing with fire. One misstep in NK and you're in prison camp, and Rodman seems particularly vulnerable to political missteps.
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Agreed. I was actually worried about that happening this last trip.
 
ChrisL said:
I think that "He's an idiot attention whore" should have been an option here. :mrgreen:
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I think you could add that to the end of each of the choices in your own mind if that's helpful
 
Superfly said:
Ooh, Lordy, I'd hate to know that the fate of the free world rested in the hands of Dennis Rodman.
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No, the fate of the world is in the hands of Obama. Which one will be more useful...

a) developing the seeds of change in NK
or
b) bombing Syria
 
SBu said:
I think you could add that to the end of each of the choices in your own mind if that's helpful
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I don't want to add it to my choice. That is my choice. ;)
 
Fiddytree said:
Couldn't you view his statement about Obama and Clinton as an example of his naivety about North Korea?
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Absolutely - but then, maybe North Korea isn't all that complicated. One could also argue that it's simply refreshing candor.

Maybe Rodman is extending the hand of friendship that the US administration didn't extend when Kim III came into power. Clearly, Obama's use of threat and bombast has not had much effect anywhere in the world, wouldn't you agree? And why should Rodman be expected to, on his own, seek the release of a US citizen in North Korea if the administration hasn't laid the groundwork for such a potential rapprochement with them.

I could equally argue that any American expectation that Rodman can be more than just a social connection with the regime is naive. But then again, maybe the social connection and the flooding of American culture that often comes with it could be just the opening needed to awaken a move to normalized relations between North Korea and the west, in general, and with South Korea and other Asian neighbors in particular.

One can always hope, and having hope isn't necessarily naivette.
 
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