Thoughts on American Soldier running into North Korea?

He's an idiot.

 

Sounds like the internet got to him.......

I was born in 1986 so I'm not sure if people have always been so gullible, but people are starting to believe the stupidest stuff in order to cope with their failed life choices. Could be mental illness + internet.

 

maybe he figured he better off in NK than getting locked up back home in the US.... smh

 

This should be the next viral social media challenge. See who can cross into NK and survive.

 

Natural Selection at work?

 

"Shutup and Read"

 

My guess is undiagnosed mental health problem that precipitated his fights and his escape to North Korea.

 

Maybe someone took Trump literally when he raved about what a great leader Kim Jung Un is.

 

Was he a social media creator. If so it would probably makes sense.

 

he’ll be working the fields in some prison camp by end of business next Monday

 

He does not seem to be the exemplar of "good impulse control". Seems like the kind of dude that does whatever stupid s**t pops into his head from one moment to the next.

 

My guess is that he'll never have access to social media again. That could make him even crazier than he is already.

 

Korea didn’t want him

https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-us-soldier-travis-king-00c171778e378d95fe1115fe31612ec2

The U.S. soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas two months ago was released into American custody Wednesday, according to two officials.

Earlier, North Korea said it would expel Pvt. Travis King — an announcement that surprised some observers who had expected the North to drag out his detention in the hopes of squeezing concessions from Washington at a time of high tensions between the rivals.

King’s expulsion almost certainly does not end his troubles or ensure the sort of celebratory homecoming that has accompanied the releases of other detained Americans.

And there remain unanswered questions about the episode, including why King went to North Korea in the first place. His fate also remains uncertain, having been declared AWOL by the U.S. government. That can mean punishment by time in military jail, forfeiture of pay or a dishonorable discharge.

King was transferred to American custody in China, according to one of the officials. The two U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss King’s status ahead of an announcement.

North Korea’s decision to release King after 71 days appears relatively quick by the country’s standards, especially considering the tensions between Washington and Pyongyang over the North’s growing nuclear weapons and missile program and the United States’ expanding military exercises with South Korea. Some had speculated that North Korea might treat King as a propaganda asset or bargaining chip.

In the end, the North apparently concluded that King simply wasn’t worth keeping, possibly because of the cost of providing him food and accommodation and assigning him guards and translators when he was never to be a meaningful source of U.S. military intelligence, said Cheong Seong-Chang, an analyst at South Korea’s Sejong Institute.

 

Glad he's back safe.

 

North Korea rejects the theory of Natural Selection?

Or maybe NK just got tired of feeding a crazy, no-trade-value American?