“Tortured” Logic

A poster at OhMyNews actually offered this excuse for opposing the North Korean Human Rights Act:

Considering the negligent reaction of the US Congress on the crushed “human rights” of the abused prisoners in Abu Graib, however, it is very difficult to trust the humanitarian motives of the US Congress. If the US Congress succeeds in letting the US Administration repent its evil war crimes and if the United States shows sincere efforts to help the abused prisoners restore their human diginities, then Koreans are more likely to believe the US Congress’ “purely humanitarian” endeavor.

Obviously, this guy and his bong were close companions during the entire month of May, when it was all Abu Ghraib hearings, all the time. And yes, they have CNN in Korea. This is a good illustration of what we’re up against in trying to form a consistent NK policy with the South Korean left which now runs that country. They see moral equivalence between a putting prisoners in dog collars and putting them in gas chambers, concentration camps, or mass graves. Worse yet, to them, Abu Ghraib undoubtedly looms much higher on their moral horizon. After all, Abu Ghraib is useful to them.

Fear not, once again the OhMyNews scale explains all.

Then, of course, we have this kind of blatantly cynical attempt to use the anti-Americanism of the street mobs as a negotiating tool.

The NKHRA is Congress’s first sign of recognition that meaningful policy cooperation with South Korea simply isn’t possible in the face of that kind of selective moral blindness and unassailable hatred for America. As a result, South Korea finds itself isolated from America, competing with it for the support of Japan, China, and Russia in formulating a North Korea policy.