A few points on the issue:
Is Bill doing Hillary's work as, essentially, the highest foreign affairs diplomat? Is it okay for "private" citizens to meddle into foreign affairs? Okay, Bill is hardly a private citizen, but that is completely stepping on the toes of the Obama administration.
Why did Hillary refuse any other collaboration with North Korea based on the lives of 2 people? Should 2 American's lives take precedent of, say, almost 24 million North Koreans? And, if she's really going to do things "on principle" then why bargain 1 Bill visit for 2 released journalists. I thought she was taking a stand on North Korea's human rights violations, not reaching into her personal pocket.
Why was there such great, high-level US foreign policy involvement in the release of these 2 American journalists -- who were doing at least some things wrong -- when the US stayed out of the situation of 1 (Iranian-) American journalist, Roxana Saberi, who was arrested, jailed and sentenced for doing nothing wrong? It's so strange to me that the US government reacted so differently to almost mirror situations: journalists, women, American + [ethnicity of region in which they were arrested], doing inconsequentially to nothing wrong, harsh sentence, etc. Why would the journalist in the Middle East result in a purely "general public outcry," whereas the journalists in Northeast Asia receive the attention of the highest-ranking cabinet member and chief advisor to the president on foreign affairs. I mean, really, don't both Iran and North Korea already have nuclear weapons?
When was the last time you even saw Hillary and Bill in the same country at the same time? Talk about a marriage of convenience [or, business partnership]. Every photo of them, ever, looks like an awkward farce to show personal affection for each other. Hands on shoulders. Gripping arms as if pushing each other way. Weird, people. Weird.
just one thing: North Korea already has developed nuclear weapons, while Iran has not (at least not that know 100% and that is publicly known). They have materials that could be used for developing nuclear weapons that they are claiming are being used for energy purposes instead.
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