BEHIND EVERY SILVER LINING, A DARK CLOUD. Bill Clinton went to North Korea and got two Americans freed from its prisons by issuing an apology on their behalf. This reminds us of Jesse Jackon's independent mission to Damascus in 1983, by means of which he got Navy Lieutenant Robert O. Goodman back from the Syrians. President Ronald Reagan, who had not approved of the mission, nonetheless had the brains to say of it afterwards, "You can't quarrel with success."



Our current rightbloggers, on the other hand, seem to think Reagan was a pussy.

"Color me disgusted," says Macsmind. "As you know I’ve been married to a Korean for 26 years, and I am well familiar with the conditions inside the North." (Blink twice for "I am being tortured," Mrs. Macsmind! It's not like back home!) "Put it this way, when the truth comes out, the regmine will make Stalin’s and Hilter’s look pale in comparison." Yes, and that's a grand reason to be disgusted that two Americans were freed from this hellhole.

"I want them out, but this way?" says Atlas Shrugs, who would obviously have preferred World War III. "Apparently the price was this photo-op," cries Wizbang, showing a photo of Clinton sitting next to Kim-Jong Il, which will irretrievably disturb the international balance of power. Adds: "Perhaps it's only coincidence that President Obama's approval ratings, and those of Obamacare, are in free-fall. The release of these two journalists, nearly five months after their arrest, does take the focus off of lots of bad news for The White House lately, if only temporarily." That bastard! Kim must be with ACORN, somehow.

Some, we must say, are working the more laudable Questions Remain angle. "I can’t help but wonder if anything tangible was exchanged and that has me holding my applause until the other shoe drops," says Darleen Click of Protein Wisdom. Thus, when the Norks invade Middle America as a result of Clinton's treason, she can claim plausible deniability.

Others look for damage to Hitlery. "Pretty sad, that it took Bill Clinton to do Hillary Clinton’s work," says Fire Andrea Mitchell. "Apparently it took Bill Clinton going into Hussein Obama mode blaming America for basically everything to get those Lee and Ling pardoned. Its no wonder why dictators eat this stuff up and Hussein never disapoints." "It’s probably a little like the Bill-Hill relationship," says Jules Crittenden of the mission. "He pretends to be sorry for hostile acts and says it’ll never happen again." Haw haw! Even though he managed to cheat on her, he's still whipped! How awful it must be to be Bill Clinton instead of Jules Crittenden, who posts pictures of women instead of getting his cock sucked by them.

The Conservative American sets up an elaborate joke:

‘Exiled’ former President Billy Bob Clinton has “Negotiated” the release of two young female interns from Nokomon, just as we predicted... We applaud, of course, the release of both Laura Ling and Euna Lee and we wish them speedy and safe travel home to their loved ones. And, yes, we know they are journalists not interns. It’s a joke aimed at Clinton, not the two women.

Presumably his readers laugh in slow motion. But Questions Remain! "So what Did Clinton REALLY offer in exchange for the women? (Why am I reminded of John Belushi asking, 'How much for your daughter?' in the movie, The Blues Brothers?)" YOUR daughter, America! Think about that while these two bitches enjoy their "freedom"!

Prairie Pundit does visual analysis, sees double treason:

The photo that accompanies the story shows a gloating Kim apparently happy with the groveling of two US Presidents. That appears to be the happiest I have ever seen him. Clinton's look is one of grim determination. The chances of reaching a negotiated settlement of issues between the US and North Korea still remain remote and if such settlements are agreed to, the chances that North Koreans will honor them are also remote.

And pictures don't lie. Look at how sick FDR looked at Yalta! It was a cinch Russia would outperform us on the world stage.

Oh, and the Big Boys? National Review, after very briefly noting the rescue, refers us back to John Bolton's article about what a catastrophe the meeting preemptively was. The Ole Perfesser seems not to heave heard the news at all, or what spin he should adopt, hehindeed. Which you have to admit was the smart play -- it's a wonder more of them didn't avail it.