Bush Calls Kim Jong Il a “Tyrant;” Mentions Concentration Camps

Coincidence? Having remained fairly silent on the North Korea Human Rights issue, President Bush had some direct words for the North, on this of all weeks:

U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday poured oil on the flames by again calling North Korean leader Kim Jong-il a “tyrant”. He also said Kim was a “dangerous person” with “huge concentration camps” who “starves his people” and “threatens and brags.”

Saying that George W. Bush “poured oil on the flames” is a lot like saying that Ken Starr disgraced the presidency. No doubt the North’s intransigence on disarmament talks cleared the way for these comments. It’s another sign that Bush appears to have had it with North Korea.