Vershbow is right to talk with Korean lefties

Here are the reasons (as I stated in a comment at the Hole):

1. It shows that the USA rep. in Korea is not afraid to face anyone, any where, any time. That adds to his credibility and gives a little moral support to those in Korea who support the alliance.

2. By having him on 'their' show and listening to him unfiltered, it forces the lefties to think of him (and the USA) as something other than the caricature that they mentally draw of us in their little echo chambers.

3. If he is prevented from talking, the lefties look like jerks to the general pubic for silencing a different view. If he is not prevented from talking, the lefties either alienate moderate Koreas by talking like jerks or cause dissention in their ranks by talking like reasonable human beings.

I like Vershbow more and more almost every day.

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[Knickerbocker]

Wait a second. What's the flap with Vershbow over in the first place? Isn't Kim Jong-il's regime a "criminal regime"? Hasn't the United Nations repeatedly voted to sanction them for human rights violations? Aren't hundreds of thousands of his people starving to death while he pursues nukes and a lavish lifestyle?