tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686559413429262258.post6618652533085956910..comments2023-05-13T06:01:24.477-06:00Comments on From the Frozen Wasteland: Either utter incompetence or evil, take your pickBrandonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08426116709669588248noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686559413429262258.post-83791402373020440752009-02-20T10:02:00.000-07:002009-02-20T10:02:00.000-07:00A good argument, Anon. I lean towards incompetence...A good argument, Anon. I lean towards incompetence myself... but it still boggles the mind at just how naive you'd have to be to assume there wouldn't be any reprisals against the POW's.Brandonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08426116709669588248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4686559413429262258.post-7006913693401622602009-02-18T16:10:00.000-07:002009-02-18T16:10:00.000-07:00I'm gonna guess incompetence. They probably had n...I'm gonna guess incompetence. They probably had no inkling at all that they were being tortured, that the N. Koreans even read Time, or that they would be punished so severly if the N.K.s ever saw the article. They probably thought they were doing the upbeat and patriotic thing by proving to the rest of America that these Navy guys had not submitted to the Commies, despite what their propoganda machine was telling the world. They probably assumed they were doing them a favor by proving they were still loyal to America and had not fallen to Communist brainwashing after all. Yeah, it was supremely stupid. But I highly doubt they wrote it with malicious intent at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com