The irony of this situation is of course, they were gathering intelligence for the US.
Which is why we not only have to "stand by them," but get them released.
First, because we can't allow a punk-ass rogue nation to kidnap our nationals and lock them away for espionage (which they certainly were doing, though less certainly actually in N. Korea) and second, because we need to know what they learned while in the North.
Tim, it's starting to look more and more like we're going to need to put a couple of carriers off the coast, and maybe a MEU (that's Marine Expeditionary Unit) as well.
First, because we can't allow a punk-ass rogue nation to kidnap our nationals and lock them away for espionage (which they certainly were doing, though less certainly actually in N. Korea) and second, because we need to know what they learned while in the North.
Tim, it's starting to look more and more like we're going to need to put a couple of carriers off the coast, and maybe a MEU (that's Marine Expeditionary Unit) as well.