OK- when the news hit the media about Dennis Rodman's visit to Korea, there was an uproar about this kook meets kook leader meeting. Now it all makes sense. The show "Vice" arranged the meeting because Kim Jung Un loves the Chicago Bulls and all things basketball. They were able to get inside Korea and document the country as much as anyone recently from the USA has had a chance to do. If you haven't seen the last episode of HBO's Vice I highly suggest you watch. The point wasn't that Dennis Rodman acting as a traitor to democracy, but he was used as an instrument to gain entry to a regime that is notoriously closed to the world. I came away with a whole different opinion about the meeting and a greater understanding that there are still places in the world where totalitarian dictator's are choking the rights of their citizens. It really was eye-opening!
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