They need to just leave him. He wasn't abducted or wrongfully detained, he literally sprinted into the country. No negotiations, no deals, let him face the consequences of his own actions.
Eh, there should be a minimal attempt made. If there is a chance he will be tortured and killed he is owed at least that for signing up for the military to begin with. We shouldn't make it a message to our service members that their lives have no value and theyre expendable.
@@yangpaan453 nah. We’re good. He’s running from an SA charge and was about to be dishonorably discharged. Fingers crossed NK takes the trash out for us
No, justice has not been served. There is no “justice” in North Korea for anyone, and we have no idea how they’ll treat him (depending on how much he cooperates). He needs to be brought back court martialed under the UCMJ and properly made an example of.
Don't tell me for one single second that there isn't surveillance footage of this. As long as it shows it was 100% his choice, then there is nothing to do but badge him as a defector and leave it as that.
@@sandlotscout6358 I'm going to take a wild guess and assume you're one of the goobers who attaches "literally" in front of 90% of your comments, DESPITE it not being warranted. Don't you just hate it when someone reminds you that words actually have meanings?
Because he knows his brother is ok. He might have already spoken to him. His brother will be given the star treatment by NK. He'll live better than his family in the US because Kim Jong Un will see to it (and propagandize it).
Other outlets reported he spent a few weeks in a South Korean jail for an altercation with the locals and he was being sent back to the US, most likely going to end up with a dishonorable discharge
@@MrMatt531If he did that, he deserves to stay in North Korea and we should let North Korea know that he is a sexual predator, that solves that problem!
Not really. NK will make a spokesman and a dear guest out of him to stick it to the West. He will live his live in NK like a bourgeois for as long as he wishes. 💰
He's a delinquent soldier that ran to another country to avoid sentencing. The group he was with said he ran away giggling. what else are we missing? even if he does come back, he's going to be interrogated by officials to the fullest.
He’s young and dumb. There needs to be a minimal attempt made to bring him home safely so that proper administrative punishment can be conducted with the U.S. Army.
Yeah you should look up how US and SK defectors are treated. They’re turned into hero propaganda pieces in the vein of Yeonmi Park. He ain’t gonna be executed lol you watch too much CNN.
I don't think he would be put to death. I believe the north koreans would used this as propaganda saying something like "US is so bad, even their soldiers defect to our country"
The fact he went right to a van that drove away with him inside indicates they were waiting for him...isn't it possible he had been spying for the North Koreans and right now he is not actually a prisoner anywhere?
That's exactly what I thought! You are American, you are a soldier of America, North koreas are told Americans are bad, he should have been shot or punch by NK soldiers especially the fact the he just jump on a van with NK soldiers on it. Instead He was drove away by NK themselves instead of kicking him out of the vehicle. This only implies that The person is a spy and someone must have approach him, made a deal a long time before. I also believe, this stunt was done intentionally so people think he was just being a stupid or tik toking when he was actually a spy or they are just calling it a stunt to cover up what was really happening.
They were saying on my local news that this soldier was on his way back to Texas to be court martialed by the military , so maybe this is why he ran into North Korea .
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The worst part is he probably thought he was in a lot of trouble with the military when they were probably just sending him back to the states to give him a general discharge out.
I don't think the US army executes soldiers anymore. I times of peace. If he comes back, he will probably get smoked, the sand pit, and do time in a military prison. Then get released, and get a dishonorable discharge.
This guy makes a run for it to North Korea, of all places on the face of the earth. Plus his brother is up here smiling and grinning. Unreal but at the same time extremely real!
So much for land of the free and home of the brave I thought the brave waged war with Kim jong un cmon someone end that war with North Korea just do it Just do it already!
Nah, hopefully they give him a home and a wife to make a family like they do with most western defectors to create an ilussion to their people that theyre the good guys. I wish him the best, it's better than torture.
@@yangpaan453better than torture ? Why should I pray for hIm? Or even have empathy? I only wish pain on Pedo’s.. BUT he did cross that border on his own free will
His mother sounds devastated and honestly the smiling brother was probably shocked and it didn't know how to react. A smile could be interpreted as a nervous smile or a omg smile sort of like a nervous laugh.
People think the military is automatically going to fix or help their kids. Like it's a next babysitter after school. Before you have kids, one should think: can I teach them any useful lifeskills myself, or do I rely on the system and teaching facilities (which will probably fail them). If you have no generational wealth, and no special skills to teach (which would have to be pretty extraordinary in these coming years) there's no reason to have a kid really, because what if your kid is a lazy loser, because you had absolutely nothing to teach them or to aspire for. Do keep in mind that A.I can already do everything your kid will probably ever do. So these types of things are very likely to happen especially in (this economy and) single parent households, statistically speaking. Your daily anti natalist rando.
eh not necessarily. the north uses defectors to creat the illusion to their people that we're looking for a better life over there. he'll probably be given a home and a wife and encouraged to start a family. As that is what theyve done to US soldiers in the past the defected there.
Shocked 😳. I understand life in the military can be hard, but that’s like jumping the fence from working hard on a farm into a lion enclosure. Hope he gets home safe
Lololololol. This kid will never see home again. This is like having a pin hole leak on a ship in a typhoon and jumping off the ship into the roiling sea because you're afraid the ship will sink.
He's a busted E-2...not a lot of info to give. Here's a newsflash: The NORKs already know how to disassemble and reassemble an M-4...and undoubtedly already have their own copies of FM 7-8...
He's not useful to anyone so even if he does give info, which is highly unlikely, they'll just get rid of him afterwards. They have no use for him and neither do we. He's not the hero to them that he thinks he'll be.
He has been in the military for ocer 2 years and he was STILL a PVT. Prior to this incident, he was in Korean jail and being court martialed to the US.
Warmbier committed a crime. This guy defected so I’m sure they will treat him well so they can say his doing better in North Korea and use him as propaganda
That's what I thought, at first. But this guy has no value to them if they do that. They're going to make a star out of him. He ran away from the US military into the arms of the NK military. Kim Jong Un can propagandize this. He can contrast it as NK vs the West (good v evil). He'll make sure this kid lives a better life than he could attain in the USA, and that everyone knows about it. By Imprisoning, beating, torturing and killing him, he only drains resources. This soldier has zero intelligence value to NK. So it's a drain of time and money. Kim Jong Un also knows that we won't trade anything of value to get him back. That was lost when the US military stated that he "willfully" crossed over to the enemy. So, unlike Brittany Griner, we can't claim that he's been unlawfully detained. It'll be an open invitation for other disgruntled US soldiers (perhaps some with useful intelligence info) to come to NK.
He's screwed either way. If he doesn't get the treatment that Warmbeir got then he will be getting a dishonorable discharge which will follow him for the rest of his life and he will be thrown in a military prison for defecting to North Korea if the U.S ever gets him back.
Her son didn’t run away from his Mom. Her son ran to North Korea 🇰🇵 to escape the wokeness of the U.S. Army. Can you blame him? Even the military is woke now.
@@mantis10_surf85 Right. He evidently prefers the totalitarian hellhole that is North Korea to the "woke" US military. I bet he is regretting his asinine actions right now.
Yeah if I woke up to hear "your sibling willingly fled to North Korea" I'm pretty sure I'm grabbing any and all substances at hand because it's definitely too early to deal with that sober.
And that was a civilian who went on a tour and was detained, in this case it's a soldier who ran there on purpose to stay there. He chose to go and went out of his way to get there so let him stay there.
Some people smile/laugh when they are extremely stressed because they are overwhelmed. It’s natural. BUT…. I’m not gonna lie… it’s WILD that he was laughing while he ran 😭😭😭
He was just released from a South Korean jail for assaulting civilians and was at the airport to go back to the US and be discharged. He chose to sneak out of the airport to defect to North Korea. He literally put in effort to get there so let him stay there.
Unfortunately for us, he just made his life about 10x better. Think about it. If you are Kim Jong Un, how do you get value out of this defecting US soldier? Do you imprison, torture and kill a guy that has zero intelligence value to NK? Or do you make him a superstar. Propagandize him. Contrast yourself with America (good vs. evil). Invite other disgruntled servicemen to come live a better life (home, cars, women, money) in NK. The latter may even have useful info for you.
This is really weird this guy needs help he’s either in danger or mentally having a Break down i feel like there is a lot more to his story I pray for his safe return
Thank you for your sympathy and empathy. I pray that God would protect this young man as he did with Daniel in the lion den. People have no idea why this young man has done this or any other things that’s were not good choices. I pray that God will protect him and give him favor and the help he needs if he is having a mental health issue.
@@nathangonzales2820 Won't matter when there's so many North Koreans that made it out and testify to what a miserable existence it is to live in North Korea.
@dougveganparadisebuilder5808 It's called humor in the face of tragic insanity. It's what many humans do to soften the blows inflicted by this clown world we live in.
That last guy wasn't even military, could you imagine to find out you have a military guy in your possession and you can't stand America, that guy is gonna come home in a pine box after they're done torture in him.
Yeah, but he was detained there for committing a crime. North Korea actually likes US soldiers that defect. They treat them like celebrities and use them for propaganda. That is what they have done in the past with military defectors
Not brain dead, but he ended up that way....claimed he had a case of botulism. But you and I know they poisoned his ass before they sent him back here. This man ain't gonna survive this.
Leave him. He is disgraced to the country. But at the same time now , North Korea got one of our men. He might tell our enemy about everything that he knows so far.
Of course he knew what he was doing and did it on purpose. This all had to be preplanned and effort put into it. Let him enjoy his new home. We definitely don't need him back.
because it sends a message to the rest of our service members that their lives are not valued and that theyre expendable if we dont at least make the minimum effort to get him back.
@@yangpaan453 All the sht I see civilians say online and even heard them talk about in person, makes me glad I didn't join for them. I didn't do a damn thing I did while I was in for them. And people joining now should definitely have that sentiment. Do it for yourselves, and do it for those to your left and right going through the same things you are. That's it, joining the military for the American people is setting yourself up to feel humiliated later on when you get out and realize how people who don't do it actually feel.
@@Siegefya It must suck fighting to protect the freedom of the most entitled first world people in the world. I moved to America to escape an unfair regime but honestly couldnt stand the people. I live in Canada now, much more empathy and understanding here.
King actually went to the place he needed to go. There he will learn respect for authority, accountability, hard work to the point of perfection, and strict discipline. As a Black woman, I don’t feel sorry for him. He had multiple opportunities in life that others didn’t have. He is impulsive, alcoholic, disrespectful, and didn’t appreciate his privileges. He was dangerous and bound to hurt someone in the military or at home. Even if he only stays in N. Korea for a few months, he will return a better, catatonic, man.
I think HE thinks he's going to be treated favorably by N Korea by being a US Soldier and having grievances with his own country. Maybe that was his motive. I don't understand.
he thinks everything is a joke if he thought he culd get away with that. please let him stay in there, he deserves it. and for the mom? she failed both of her kids. case closed.
@@yangpaan453The wokeness and corrupt politicians have already killed recruitment for the foreseeable future. It’s going to be a massive problem in the next 5-10 years.
@@yangpaan453You could similarly argue that making attempts to get him back incentivizes recruits similar to this man to join. People who think running into the arms of North Korea is preferable to facing charges of sexual assault and potential court martial.
So why did he do this? Or what is going on? I've been so busy listening to that Carlee Russel case. What is up with people these days. Everyone needs to sit down and be quiet for a few years. Until their brains recalibrate.
He is going to be an extremely valuable propaganda mouthpiece for him. I’m sure it could go either way but the last time defectors escaped there they became movie stars look it up. I have a feeling that’s the case unless he refused but he seems like a coward and I’m sure they might interrogate him for info but I doubt he knows much. They have a nice story to spin here even if it’s not true, actually says a lot about our prison system. In any case definitely not a wise move cause either way he’s trapped.
@@spagooter1807I think North Korea will maybe kill him. A guy who moves a sign had brain damage and died when he came back home so most likely the same result
He wants the same treatment that Dennis Rodman got maybe. Apparently, there were reports of crying north korean women coming out of where Dennis Rodman was staying.
Why was this service member allowed to be anywhere near the actual DMZ post is setup for special envoys to meet and negotiate after he was just released from prison and was being processed for dishonorable discharge. The individual or individuals responsible for allowing this scenario to evolve in the first place needs to be retrained and maybe some type of disciplinary action.
I can't even believe that we have just witnessed someone running into HELL! Unless he absolutely had a death wish, this is incomprehensible. Also, to hear about all of the trouble he had been in with the military is very concerning, soldiers repeatedly breaking laws and assaulting people when they are supposed to be fighting for our country should be dishonorably discharged (not give 3, 5, and more chances). I don't know if he has mental health issues, anger management issues, or something else but I don't see things fairing well for him. Is it possible that he took military secrets from either the United States or South Korea with him? I am sorry for his family, but for them to demand the U.S. bring him home is not in line with reality! I doubt very highly that the U.S. will not be going to war for him, nor do I see the U.S. negotiating a trade or arms for him. He knowingly booked a flight on tour to see the DMZ border (I didn't know this was a thing or why anyone would do this.) and he ran across the border even searching for an opening, those actions take some level of comprehension. Just knowing how their leader has starved, imprisoned, tortured, killed, and assassinated people including members of his own family, is absolutely telling. This surpasses Dennis Rodman and Donald Trump praising Kim Jong Un!
His escape was kind of similar to how MacGyver flees across border checkpoints in a number of episodes... blending into a tourist group, waiting for a distaction and running across. Nobody died and he did it safely.
They need to just leave him. He wasn't abducted or wrongfully detained, he literally sprinted into the country. No negotiations, no deals, let him face the consequences of his own actions.
Eh, there should be a minimal attempt made. If there is a chance he will be tortured and killed he is owed at least that for signing up for the military to begin with. We shouldn't make it a message to our service members that their lives have no value and theyre expendable.
And leave the fucking general tool
Ain't the american general detaine too
@@yangpaan453 nah. We’re good. He’s running from an SA charge and was about to be dishonorably discharged. Fingers crossed NK takes the trash out for us
I agree
Leave him there. Justice has been served ⚖️.
lol, yup!!
Bet you wouldn’t say that if he was white.
He's not going anywhere under alzheimer's ridden, international weakling and laughingstock, Big Guy Joe's watch
No, justice has not been served. There is no “justice” in North Korea for anyone, and we have no idea how they’ll treat him (depending on how much he cooperates). He needs to be brought back court martialed under the UCMJ and properly made an example of.
If this were a white person..
Don't tell me for one single second that there isn't surveillance footage of this. As long as it shows it was 100% his choice, then there is nothing to do but badge him as a defector and leave it as that.
Deserter
Strip him of his U.S. citizenship and ban him on all flights to the U.S., permanently. Enough nonsense already. Cancel his passport, IF he had one.
Imagine being so desperate to avoid an American prison that you decide to escape to a North Korean prison.
Oh North Korea as way better prison systems then the US . I mean top notch!
he wasnt even going to prison, he was jsut being discharged and fined for hitting a seol police car. I think he's just stupid.
I really hope NK gives him the full treatment. What a coward
That is why he ran into N.K.. He did something bad in the army.
N. Korea tortures Americans to death. I hope that doesn't happen to him but he's in danger.
That is LITERALLY the worst place for any person to defect to. What were you thinking, sir?
yeah.... its almost as bad as going to ohio.
+1 for not misusing the word "literally" for once.
@@retiredtidepodeater3339-100 for using the grammar nazi scoring system
@@sandlotscout6358 I'm going to take a wild guess and assume you're one of the goobers who attaches "literally" in front of 90% of your comments, DESPITE it not being warranted.
Don't you just hate it when someone reminds you that words actually have meanings?
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The brother's smile says "He is now somebody else's problem".
His brother is famous now, which makes the family famous now. Mom is about to have a lot of sleepless nights and phone calls smh
Government shouldn't waste time on this guy. He made his choice. Enjoy.
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Bet you wouldn’t say that if he was white.
Even his brother is laughing like "Yea that's my clown brother" 🤡
Because he knows his brother is ok. He might have already spoken to him. His brother will be given the star treatment by NK. He'll live better than his family in the US because Kim Jong Un will see to it (and propagandize it).
@Yankiejunkie1you don’t know what u don’t know
@robinjustice3586 imagine waking up and hearing your brother ran to north korea of all places. It doesn't even sound real.
Immature soldier jumped from the frying pan into the fire.
Now, he's getting a real taste of prison life in North Korea!
One does not simply run into North Korea.
He literally did 😭 Insanity
Tyrone do
he jogged
Maybe he skipped into N. Korea, while randomly picking daisies. 😅 LEAVE HIM BE.
Until today
Other outlets reported he spent a few weeks in a South Korean jail for an altercation with the locals and he was being sent back to the US, most likely going to end up with a dishonorable discharge
Very true. He SA’d someone
So... North Korea is the better option?
Yeah but he will say he ran cuz of racism.
A dishonorable is the least of his worries.
@@MrMatt531If he did that, he deserves to stay in North Korea and we should let North Korea know that he is a sexual predator, that solves that problem!
His mum might be shocked, but you can tell his brother wasnt 😂
If he thought going to a military prison in the US was bad then he’s in for a surprise about what bad is. He’s going to be stuck there a long time.
Not really. NK will make a spokesman and a dear guest out of him to stick it to the West. He will live his live in NK like a bourgeois for as long as he wishes.
💰
@@PutlerHuyIo 'stick it to the west', sheeeet, saving tax payer dollars if they house him...
Gen z really be darwinism, f my generation.
"Stuck" is an understatement. "Vegetative" is more likely.
Do you know anything about North Korea other than from what you’re told
He's a delinquent soldier that ran to another country to avoid sentencing. The group he was with said he ran away giggling. what else are we missing? even if he does come back, he's going to be interrogated by officials to the fullest.
Your profile picture makes you look gay, or is that just your face... If it is you are 100% gay 😂
Well, hope he enjoys a North Korean prison. Absolutely bizarre.
I do feel badly for this soldier's mother. She has already lost another son. Unbelievable!!!
If he returns he’ll be charged with treason
You've probably seen the last of this genius
He's a 26 year old man. He made his own choices.
23.
Bet you wouldn’t say that if he was white.
The Army does not need soldiers like Travis! Let him go.
He's a dirtbag
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North Koreans army does
Useful Intel
He's a defector. He knew what he was doing. Leave him there.
He’s young and dumb. There needs to be a minimal attempt made to bring him home safely so that proper administrative punishment can be conducted with the U.S. Army.
Trust me they aren’t fona bring him back u have a better chance of coming home if ur a lesbian basketball player caught smuggling drugs
@@joshyoungforindiana sadly that wont happen. Look at the story of Otto Warmbier. Not the same, but just shows what North Korea will do to you.
Bet you wouldn’t say that if he was white.
People commenting on his assault charges as if that means anything are not mentioning much about him literally running to a VAN to be driven off.
So is CNN just going to ignore and omit the fact he was charged with some serious crimes before this happened ?
No such thing as a criminal to the leftists. Unless you take a tour of the Capitol.
Punching someone outside of a bar isn't a serious offense
He choose the death sentence over disciplinary actions in the US.
Yeah you should look up how US and SK defectors are treated. They’re turned into hero propaganda pieces in the vein of Yeonmi Park. He ain’t gonna be executed lol you watch too much CNN.
I don't think he would be put to death. I believe the north koreans would used this as propaganda saying something like "US is so bad, even their soldiers defect to our country"
What a coward
He doesn't want that sex offender label
I would too lol. North Koreans just hate white people he will be fine.
The fact he went right to a van that drove away with him inside indicates they were waiting for him...isn't it possible he had been spying for the North Koreans and right now he is not actually a prisoner anywhere?
Or he got accepted to work for them... someone had advance knowledge he was coming.
That's exactly what I thought!
You are American, you are a soldier of America, North koreas are told Americans are bad, he should have been shot or punch by NK soldiers especially the fact the he just jump on a van with NK soldiers on it.
Instead
He was drove away by NK themselves instead of kicking him out of the vehicle.
This only implies that
The person is a spy and someone must have approach him, made a deal a long time before.
I also believe, this stunt was done intentionally so people think he was just being a stupid or tik toking when he was actually a spy or they are just calling it a stunt to cover up what was really happening.
They were saying on my local news that this soldier was on his way back to Texas to be court martialed by the military , so maybe this is why he ran into North Korea .
LMAO Texas is a great state you leftist
Maybe he will have a nice life there.
yeah. North Korea has to be better than a cushy federal prisons.
That’s part of it. He was also up on SA charges I’ve heard as well hence the court martial
He's very smart!
Let him stay there !! We do not want him back!
His brother seemed to have a smile on his face talking about it.
He went in his own stupid accord, let him be and deal with the consequences.
they arent going to make him a farmer, hes a n american defector . bros gonna live the high life as a public figure
Exactly!! Maybe he'll have better life there wh knows they might welcome him or lock him up his choice he ain't no Brittany gier that is for sure lol
@@b33lze6u6we’ll see.. I wouldn’t take that chance personally
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@@psinusaa3790Shut up.
Why don't you leave him alone? He has options.
The NK guards were shocked, they've only seen people trying to leave that shit-hole.
Wow, he has no idea the hell and torment he willingly walked into. God have mercy on him
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No mercy!
Stfu. No gods. No mercy.
Actually not likely a few other have done it before..To mix results.
@@TheBoyBeta Only 6 others have done it since the armistice in 1953. Look up Sgt Charles Jenkins and then get at me how the look at US soldiers.
He literally walked into the largest 'jail' in the planet.
The worst part is he probably thought he was in a lot of trouble with the military when they were probably just sending him back to the states to give him a general discharge out.
@frostwashere1772:
Totally. But you don't run to North Korea for freedom. You'd have to be nuts and a moron.
No
@OOO-mj2bv we talk about south korea and you north!
@OOO-mj2bvWhat did he do that the US army would execute him? Genuine question.
I don't think the US army executes soldiers anymore. I times of peace. If he comes back, he will probably get smoked, the sand pit, and do time in a military prison. Then get released, and get a dishonorable discharge.
Worst way to make headlines and make a mom suffer.
He was already in jail for assaulting civilians so he wasn't exactly a model citizen to begin with. Let him stay there.
Damn this fool would rather go to North Korea than take accountability.
please please let them keep him
This is NK they are definitely keeping him
he is doomed. period. wrong country... wrong color for Asia
He's an American. He is not too bright to do what he did but he should come back and face his courtmartial.
Hell Yeah. Come get Donald Trump and White Nationalists too..
That's what I say! Hope there is no plan to after him! Some people are really insane, and walking around!🤪
This guy makes a run for it to North Korea, of all places on the face of the earth. Plus his brother is up here smiling and grinning. Unreal but at the same time extremely real!
Some people smile when they are nervous.
Black people accepting accountability challenge. Difficulty level impossible
N. Kore can't be any worse than Babylon aka America
@@ericyah1023don't be jealous 😂😂😂😂
What do expect from Basketball Americans?
Hold up WTF! He ran across and jumped into a van, they didn't even have to grab him and force him in?Wow!
Naw he probably he was led to the van and once he crossed that border if he had resisted he probably still be getting his a$$ kicked as we speak
Are we not free anymore. He went on his own, let him go...
A merican D efector.
Yea... I kinda agree. . . Let em
Not if he was part of the army.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Bye dude.
So much for land of the free and home of the brave I thought the brave waged war with Kim jong un cmon someone end that war with North Korea just do it Just do it already!
N. Korea can't be any worse than Babylon aka America, at least they don't force the 🌈 on you in N. Korea !!
Nah, hopefully they give him a home and a wife to make a family like they do with most western defectors to create an ilussion to their people that theyre the good guys. I wish him the best, it's better than torture.
@@yangpaan453better than torture ? Why should I pray for hIm? Or even have empathy? I only wish pain on Pedo’s.. BUT he did cross that border on his own free will
He's history! Play with fire you get burned!!!
He'll blend right in. No one will even notice he's an outsider.
His mother sounds devastated and honestly the smiling brother was probably shocked and it didn't know how to react. A smile could be interpreted as a nervous smile or a omg smile sort of like a nervous laugh.
He's being devestated right now by North Korean Security
See mom. I told you being a banger was better.
I’m sure a go-fund me will pop up soon
People think the military is automatically going to fix or help their kids.
Like it's a next babysitter after school.
Before you have kids, one should think: can I teach them any useful lifeskills myself, or do I rely on the system and teaching facilities (which will probably fail them). If you have no generational wealth, and no special skills to teach (which would have to be pretty extraordinary in these coming years) there's no reason to have a kid really, because what if your kid is a lazy loser, because you had absolutely nothing to teach them or to aspire for. Do keep in mind that A.I can already do everything your kid will probably ever do. So these types of things are very likely to happen especially in (this economy and) single parent households, statistically speaking.
Your daily anti natalist rando.
@@NickoGibson Army trained us to combat the Communists and Mohamedean Cultists, not befriend, vote for, or become one
Let him enjoy his life in the North. It shouldn't take too long for him to realize he just messed up big time.
The 4 American deserter that enter North Korea didn’t had regrets. US is an evil empire
eh not necessarily. the north uses defectors to creat the illusion to their people that we're looking for a better life over there. he'll probably be given a home and a wife and encouraged to start a family. As that is what theyve done to US soldiers in the past the defected there.
He was in a South Korea jail for ~45 days. Something is seriously wrong with him. I hope he makes it out and gets help
@@aaronstibeljr2584e got in a bad car accident. He thought he would escape to better place but its going to far worse
That realization will come after he starts receiving daily beatings from his new friends.
Shocked 😳. I understand life in the military can be hard, but that’s like jumping the fence from working hard on a farm into a lion enclosure. Hope he gets home safe
hope he get to ucmj safe
Lololololol. This kid will never see home again. This is like having a pin hole leak on a ship in a typhoon and jumping off the ship into the roiling sea because you're afraid the ship will sink.
No never be allowed back
He's gonna share intelligence for $. He's a traitor
Real President Trump would have had him already released, and on his way back to the USA, to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas for his Court Martial by now. 🇺🇸
He’s trying to sell information. Runs and jumps into a van
He's a busted E-2...not a lot of info to give. Here's a newsflash: The NORKs already know how to disassemble and reassemble an M-4...and undoubtedly already have their own copies of FM 7-8...
He's not useful to anyone so even if he does give info, which is highly unlikely, they'll just get rid of him afterwards. They have no use for him and neither do we. He's not the hero to them that he thinks he'll be.
Dictator “Who are you?”
Ran away soldier “King, Travis”
Dictator “King? Put him in the cell.”
I feel really bad for that family. They are never going to see their son again.
yeah. I feel sorry for them too, that they raised such a dumbarse. lol.
Maybe for the mom, but the other family don’t seemed surprised. He was known for getting into trouble.
He has been in the military for ocer 2 years and he was STILL a PVT. Prior to this incident, he was in Korean jail and being court martialed to the US.
🤣
Dude is a dirt bag...
A merican D efector
"He has been in the military for ocer 2 years and he was STILL a PVT."
Not odd for a black guy
He probably had to knock somebody out.
You saw what they did to Mr. Warmbier. If he gets back alive it will be a miracle!
He chose to defect there knowing what can happen so it's on him.
Warmbier committed a crime. This guy defected so I’m sure they will treat him well so they can say his doing better in North Korea and use him as propaganda
That's what I thought, at first. But this guy has no value to them if they do that. They're going to make a star out of him.
He ran away from the US military into the arms of the NK military. Kim Jong Un can propagandize this. He can contrast it as NK vs the West (good v evil). He'll make sure this kid lives a better life than he could attain in the USA, and that everyone knows about it.
By Imprisoning, beating, torturing and killing him, he only drains resources. This soldier has zero intelligence value to NK. So it's a drain of time and money. Kim Jong Un also knows that we won't trade anything of value to get him back. That was lost when the US military stated that he "willfully" crossed over to the enemy. So, unlike Brittany Griner, we can't claim that he's been unlawfully detained.
It'll be an open invitation for other disgruntled US soldiers (perhaps some with useful intelligence info) to come to NK.
He's screwed either way. If he doesn't get the treatment that Warmbeir got then he will be getting a dishonorable discharge which will follow him for the rest of his life and he will be thrown in a military prison for defecting to North Korea if the U.S ever gets him back.
Since he RAN into North Korea leave him alone!!!
He made his decision, let him lie with those fleas.
The mom didn't lose a son her son ran away from her
Her son didn’t run away from his Mom. Her son ran to North Korea 🇰🇵 to escape the wokeness of the U.S. Army. Can you blame him? Even the military is woke now.
I mean she still lost her son…
@mantis10_surf85 Yeah, he woke up and realized that the army and country don't live up to their claims. So why don't we do better as a country
@@awptsm , Why don’t you do better as a person? Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country!
@@mantis10_surf85 Right. He evidently prefers the totalitarian hellhole that is North Korea to the "woke" US military.
I bet he is regretting his asinine actions right now.
What a coward. Trying to avoid punishment only got him in more trouble
Got that right, he can’t face punishment like a real man 🤦🏻♂️
The brother looks high as hell lol
Cocaine is a Hell of a drug!
Kinda understandable if your brother ran straight into North Korea. 😭
Yeah if I woke up to hear "your sibling willingly fled to North Korea" I'm pretty sure I'm grabbing any and all substances at hand because it's definitely too early to deal with that sober.
I seem to recall the last "political prisoner" released by North Korea came home mostly dead, and died soon thereafter.
And he’s black. I doubt they like black people there. Just saying.
Dude that allegedly stole the poster. This seems worse.
And that was a civilian who went on a tour and was detained, in this case it's a soldier who ran there on purpose to stay there. He chose to go and went out of his way to get there so let him stay there.
@124xhappeleshows it's just more likely that a black man stole is all. 😊
More A merican D efectors to F ollow him.
His brother seems more less pleased than upset .
Keep him.
He shouldn't have done that! It's not going to end up good for him.
Leave him there. No real loss.
The last American died from grabbing a poster. I think this guy will not have a chance.
There's no point in saving him. He deserves whatever he will be facing
Weak!!! SMH
Unwholesome comment
I agree 100%
G.O.D HATES THE UNITED STATES OF THE DEVIL JUDGEMENT IS COMING STARTING WITH GOBAL WARMING
We better not make some trade to get him back.
He went willingly. So let him figure out how to willingly get back on his own.
leave him there, and forget about this whole thing.
He’s brother “😃” yeah we understand how serious the situation is hahahaa this dude had a big oh smile
Yes, very odd ...
Wow his family really looks tore up 🤣
IKR
He him and they are them .
Ikr dude couldn’t stop smiling
Some people smile/laugh when they are extremely stressed because they are overwhelmed. It’s natural. BUT…. I’m not gonna lie… it’s WILD that he was laughing while he ran 😭😭😭
@@TiffyAlwaysBlissy"sometimes we laugh so not to cry."
Stop worrying about him. That’s wut he wanted.
Pretty sure he had been in trouble for assaulting someone or something.
He was just released from a South Korean jail for assaulting civilians and was at the airport to go back to the US and be discharged. He chose to sneak out of the airport to defect to North Korea. He literally put in effort to get there so let him stay there.
2023 Darwin's award winner.
Perhaps in the running for "All Time Darwin Award Winner"...
Y'all say leave him....BUT IF THE PERSON WAS A ATTRACTIVE...... WHITE WOMEN....y'all would say .....WE NEED TO GET HER BACK........
That young troop just made his problems a whole lot worse.😮
He will get married there. Good for him.
Unfortunately for us, he just made his life about 10x better. Think about it. If you are Kim Jong Un, how do you get value out of this defecting US soldier? Do you imprison, torture and kill a guy that has zero intelligence value to NK? Or do you make him a superstar. Propagandize him. Contrast yourself with America (good vs. evil). Invite other disgruntled servicemen to come live a better life (home, cars, women, money) in NK. The latter may even have useful info for you.
Afraid of his punishment when he gets back stateside, so he bolted. He will learn his lesson soon enough
This is really weird this guy needs help he’s either in danger or mentally having a Break down i feel like there is a lot more to his story I pray for his safe return
I don't. Leave him there. One more stupid, moron traitor and N behavior.
Or maybe he is just a worthless pos coward??
It's to late for this man.
he assaulted koreans twice, while shouting slurs about korea, its army, etc, he was a complete disgrace.
Thank you for your sympathy and empathy. I pray that God would protect this young man as he did with Daniel in the lion den. People have no idea why this young man has done this or any other things that’s were not good choices. I pray that God will protect him and give him favor and the help he needs if he is having a mental health issue.
He was probably looking for a subway sandwich shop😂
Maga will deal with him.
not the brightest lightbulb. lol.
A lot of them in the area he was raised.
No one in their right mind would want to go to north korea. 😢
So he chose North Korean detainment over a US court martiall? He must not be too smart.
DPRK is way better. Lucky him.
I’m sure they are going to treat him well so they can parade him and say that he is being treated better than if he would be if he was in America
@@brainwashedpraisingVolodymyrZe How? Their citizens live shitty lives with no food and 3rd world medicine. The country hides its poverty.
@@brainwashedpraisingVolodymyrZe OH, I get it. Bot.
@@nathangonzales2820 Won't matter when there's so many North Koreans that made it out and testify to what a miserable existence it is to live in North Korea.
The "brother" looks super happy about this and the attention of being interviewed.
Some people do that when nervous. My teenage daughter is one of them. Leave him alone.
He’ll get more Christmas presents now.
It could be a nervous smile or he could be happy that his brother won't be coming back
You must be as oblivious as that soldier that ran across the NK border. What a comment and people are even upvoting it.
@dougveganparadisebuilder5808 It's called humor in the face of tragic insanity. It's what many humans do to soften the blows inflicted by this clown world we live in.
Hope he enjoys the rest of his life there.
His mental health is definitely in question.
That's true for anyone who would make that kind of decision.
@@CoreyANeal2000 I'm not making excuses. I served. But this is strange behavior.
There’s millions of people with mental health issues who don’t do crazy shit like this .
He's probably wishing the North Korean Soldiers had just capped him about now
@@wildchickyou’re right. They usually kill themself.
He's where he wants to be. Just let him stay there and forget about this nonsense, please.
"Actionable intelligence"
This is gold
Right
A merican D efector
Last guy came back brain dead
That last guy wasn't even military, could you imagine to find out you have a military guy in your possession and you can't stand America, that guy is gonna come home in a pine box after they're done torture in him.
If he was a liberal, would anyone notice?
This guy went in brain dead 😂
Yeah, but he was detained there for committing a crime. North Korea actually likes US soldiers that defect. They treat them like celebrities and use them for propaganda. That is what they have done in the past with military defectors
Not brain dead, but he ended up that way....claimed he had a case of botulism. But you and I know they poisoned his ass before they sent him back here. This man ain't gonna survive this.
Leave him. He is disgraced to the country. But at the same time now , North Korea got one of our men. He might tell our enemy about everything that he knows so far.
He thinks he escaped to freedom 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Sounds like he completely knew what he was going and did it on purpose. Let them keep him 🙄🙄🤬
Of course he knew what he was doing and did it on purpose. This all had to be preplanned and effort put into it. Let him enjoy his new home. We definitely don't need him back.
He looks completely crazy in every single photograph taken of the guy.
If that's where he wants to be let him stay there, why worry about it ?
because it sends a message to the rest of our service members that their lives are not valued and that theyre expendable if we dont at least make the minimum effort to get him back.
@@yangpaan453 All the sht I see civilians say online and even heard them talk about in person, makes me glad I didn't join for them. I didn't do a damn thing I did while I was in for them. And people joining now should definitely have that sentiment. Do it for yourselves, and do it for those to your left and right going through the same things you are. That's it, joining the military for the American people is setting yourself up to feel humiliated later on when you get out and realize how people who don't do it actually feel.
@@Siegefya It must suck fighting to protect the freedom of the most entitled first world people in the world. I moved to America to escape an unfair regime but honestly couldnt stand the people. I live in Canada now, much more empathy and understanding here.
@@Siegefya yeah being called SUCKERS and LOSERS should have alerted them of that fact
@@yangpaan453 I don't disagree but they don't come back from north Korea until Kim Jung has no use for them. It's the reality
How easy? They probably never thought anyone would be so stupid. Whept he wanted to go over there, good luck to him.
He is happier there
King actually went to the place he needed to go.
There he will learn respect for authority, accountability, hard work to the point of perfection, and strict discipline.
As a Black woman, I don’t feel sorry for him. He had multiple opportunities in life that others didn’t have. He is impulsive, alcoholic, disrespectful, and didn’t appreciate his privileges.
He was dangerous and bound to hurt someone in the military or at home.
Even if he only stays in N. Korea for a few months, he will return a better, catatonic, man.
Why brother smiling ? 😮
Right! Why was the brother smiling while talking about his brother going AWOL? Weird.
Clear detachment from reality
His brother probably has a history of bad judgment
Not all veterans are heroes.
2 YEARS AND ONLY A PRIVATE??? THATS PATHETIC! 😂😂
as a combat vet let me say MOST are not
Brother is basically laughing, the kid ran in himself. Interesting case. Assuming US gets him back, he should be prisoned in US
I think HE thinks he's going to be treated favorably by N Korea by being a US Soldier and having grievances with his own country. Maybe that was his motive. I don't understand.
Damn is it getting so bad here in America people are going to North Korea 😂
Yeah doni's leading on racism is getting that bad
@half-breed he just ran into an even more racist country, nkorean kids are taught to hate skoreans and everyone outside them
@cintycam436 good thing Americans don't hate anyone. Lol.
@@half-breed you should go to NK. It’ll be sooooo much better
@@half-breed Asians hate blacks... period
he thinks everything is a joke if he thought he culd get away with that. please let him stay in there, he deserves it. and for the mom? she failed both of her kids. case closed.
He isnt worth the time or resources to get back. A rock knows better than him
not a good look for military recruitment if they dont make at least a show of concern for his well being.
@@yangpaan453The wokeness and corrupt politicians have already killed recruitment for the foreseeable future. It’s going to be a massive problem in the next 5-10 years.
@@yangpaan453why you say that? He ran away. He didn’t get captured or save anyone or do anything daring to help anyone. He ran away to escape charges
@@yangpaan453You could similarly argue that making attempts to get him back incentivizes recruits similar to this man to join. People who think running into the arms of North Korea is preferable to facing charges of sexual assault and potential court martial.
@@Michorida running away was an emotional and rational response to being discharged. doesn't mean he deserves to be tortured and killed for it.
So why did he do this? Or what is going on? I've been so busy listening to that Carlee Russel case. What is up with people these days. Everyone needs to sit down and be quiet for a few years. Until their brains recalibrate.
Just like Africa. The same story, over and over.
I think a dishonorable discharge and a few months in jail don't come close to what the N.K. will do to you.
Escaping to North Korea is like going into prison for life.
A merican D efector
north korea isn't forcibly taking children from parents and castrating them to change their gender.
Prison + forced to hard labor. It won’t be pretty 😂😂😂😂
He is going to be an extremely valuable propaganda mouthpiece for him. I’m sure it could go either way but the last time defectors escaped there they became movie stars look it up. I have a feeling that’s the case unless he refused but he seems like a coward and I’m sure they might interrogate him for info but I doubt he knows much. They have a nice story to spin here even if it’s not true, actually says a lot about our prison system. In any case definitely not a wise move cause either way he’s trapped.
@@spagooter1807I think North Korea will maybe kill him. A guy who moves a sign had brain damage and died when he came back home so most likely the same result
I’m calling. Dennis Rodman 😂😂
He wants the same treatment that Dennis Rodman got maybe. Apparently, there were reports of crying north korean women coming out of where Dennis Rodman was staying.
take Dennis too...
Why was this service member allowed to be anywhere near the actual DMZ post is setup for special envoys to meet and negotiate after he was just released from prison and was being processed for dishonorable discharge. The individual or individuals responsible for allowing this scenario to evolve in the first place needs to be retrained and maybe some type of disciplinary action.
He did it for TikTok, 😶
I can't even believe that we have just witnessed someone running into HELL! Unless he absolutely had a death wish, this is incomprehensible.
Also, to hear about all of the trouble he had been in with the military is very concerning, soldiers repeatedly breaking laws and assaulting people when they are supposed to be fighting for our country should be dishonorably discharged (not give 3, 5, and more chances). I don't know if he has mental health issues, anger management issues, or something else but I don't see things fairing well for him. Is it possible that he took military secrets from either the United States or South Korea with him?
I am sorry for his family, but for them to demand the U.S. bring him home is not in line with reality! I doubt very highly that the U.S. will not be going to war for him, nor do I see the U.S. negotiating a trade or arms for him. He knowingly booked a flight on tour to see the DMZ border (I didn't know this was a thing or why anyone would do this.) and he ran across the border even searching for an opening, those actions take some level of comprehension. Just knowing how their leader has starved, imprisoned, tortured, killed, and assassinated people including members of his own family, is absolutely telling. This surpasses Dennis Rodman and Donald Trump praising Kim Jong Un!
He doesn't have any US secrets. But, woe unto him if Un THINKS he has any US secrets.
He looked sharp as a spoon
@@jamesstreet228 Kim's got a new pet called King, he breakdance, moonwalk, and sing 😆
His escape was kind of similar to how MacGyver flees across border checkpoints in a number of episodes... blending into a tourist group, waiting for a distaction and running across. Nobody died and he did it safely.
@@funfact8660steriotype much jagoff?