Why this old man went on a tour of North Korea, I’ll never understand. It’s not a good idea to tour a totalitarian country like North Korea because the chances of one being snatched up for a propaganda opportunity are pretty high.
Daily Mailreports a video has been released by the North Korean government showing detained American veteran Merrill Newman, 85, admitting to being 'guilty' of crimes including killing innocent civilians when he was a soldier in the Korean War.Newman, who has not been heard from since he was detained on October 26, is seen reading a four-page hand-scribbled letter on camera in an undisclosed location in the video released on Saturday.The veteran from California looks uneasy in the video, and with shaking hands apologizes for what he supposedly did 60 years ago.‘I realize that I cannot be forgiven for my offensives but I beg for pardon on my knees by apologizing for my offensives sincerely toward the DPRK government and the Korean people and I want not punish me,' he reads.In the video, which was seemingly filmed on November 9, Newman 'admits' to being ‘guilty of a long list of inedible crimes’ against the North Korean government, including the deaths of 50 North Korean soldiers under his command.‘According to my order they collected information of the KPA and attacked the communication system and killed 3 innocent operators, delayed the munitions supply using explosives obtained from attacking the mine and they attacked the KPA and harassing operations of the rear base 10 times in the Hwanghae Province Area,’ he reads.Newman, of Palo Alto, California, traveled to North Korea with a friend as part of a tour group based out of Beijing, China.But, as he was about to fly back to the U.S. on October 26, a uniformed North Korean officer came on the plane, asked to see his passport, and then requested he be removed from the flight, his son, Jeffrey Newman, said Wednesday.'My dad got off, walked out with the stewardess, and that's the last he was seen,' the younger Mr Newman said.
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North Korea is the final stage of everything progressives believe in, collectivism. It’s a government centered society headed by a messianic leader. Wealth is redistributed to the extent that nobody has more than anybody else; healthcare is free. Individual liberty is crushed and the government is there to provided for all needs.
What is the result: a dead society where the people are mindless robots. Consider this, the only thing that keeps progressives like Barack Obama and the Democrats from imposing a North Korean system is the U.S. Constitution.
