>An American university student who was returned to the United States this week after being held in North Korea for 17 months has a severe brain injury and is in a state of "unresponsive wakefulness," doctors said on Thursday.
>Otto Warmbier, 22, who arrived in the United States on Tuesday, is stable but "shows no sign of understanding language, responding to verbal commands or awareness of his surrounding," said Dr. Daniel Kanter, medical director of the neuroscience intensive care unit at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.
>"He has not spoken," Kanter said at a news conference. "He has not engaged in any purposeful movements or behaviors." He said Warmbier was breathing on his own.
They showed the true of socialism and how it will make the new world following the teachings of Chavez and Kim Jong Un
Isaac Sanders
The doctors are saying they're not sure. But it's most likely he was tortured.
Andrew Allen
Good old cold war era tortures still strong it seems.
I wouldn't be surprised if he starts killing people due to brainwashing.
Nathan Myers
Some sort of severe anoxic brain injury. Could be from overdose or suffocation but who knows at this point. All indications are that he's been in this state for months. The Nork bastards didn't say anything about it until after the release was negotiated.
It would have been more honorable to kill him outright than to surreptitiously return him to his parents as a vegetable. Commies have no shame it seems.
Eli Taylor
Fuck North Korea, they scrambled his brains and act like it was just a bacterial accident. His blood is on their hands, I can't wait till they are conquered and reclaimed by South Korea.
Jack Moore
>torturing a foreigner over stealing a painting
holy fuck and i bought into their "only hard manual labour" camps
Aiden Parker
Scumbags. Can't wait until the whole things falls apart and these pricks catch the bullets they deserve.
Bentley Smith
There's no proof it was torture yet. He could have tried to hang himself and given himself the brain injury that way. Regardless of how it happened, it happened under the watch of the Norks, and it's despicable that the full extent of his injuries were not shared openly.
Evan Lopez
Otto was an idiot. Not a big surprise.
Jeremiah Morgan
Sure, but it's still a tragic ending for the parents. They thought they were getting their son back, but really he was a vegetable the whole time.
Jackson Garcia
>anons feeling sorry for him
He knew where he went and knew the consequences. He's a dumbass for stealing in a place where you can get death sentence just by disagreeing with the govt.
Chase Martin
I just feel sorry for the parents.
Logan Price
He probably tried to hang himself, otherwise we would've known by now.
Xavier Russell
Not defending the Norks, but why would an American civie go to North Korea and then try to steal from them? If you know a dude is completely psychotic and could go apeshit on you at any moment, why would you go to his house and then try to steal his shit?
Jordan Cox
That's what I think most likely happened, but there's no way to tell at this point. Also, if that were the case, why would the Norks feed us some bullshit story about botulism poisoning and sleeping pills?
Elijah Turner
Parents should've convinced him to no go there.
Brayden James
Sure, the kid was a moron, but I'm still entitled to disgust at the duplicity of the Norks
Ryan Cruz
Tensions are just as bad with North Korea and U.S. as the Soviets and the U.S.
What do you think would've happened if a U.S. citizen tried to steal something from Moscow in 1964?
Angel Mitchell
Well, yeah, he was an absolute idiot, obviously. That doesn't mean he deserved to have his brain liquidated.
I was hoping for their demise before this guy's story emerged, though.
We're talking about a country that will execute people for making a phone call to China, which is their fucking neighbor.
Their insane, yeah the guy was dumb. But it's no surprise the Norks would do something absurd.
Brayden Cruz
yuck! i hate vegetables
Blake Morales
No, not a surprise. Still sad, though.
A living death isn't a fair punishment for naivety.
Leo Butler
It was a very stupid decision, yet the punishment exposes the barbarity of the cult that runs that godforsaken country.
Adam Baker
different situation, North Korea is meme
Austin Powell
It is a little more one-sided in this case. North Korea knows it wouldn't survive five minutes if we went to war with those fuckers, whereas the Soviet Union could cause enough damage that we couldn't "win" any war with them. North Korea pokes the bull with its stick to anger the United States, but never goes far enough to start a hot war. I pray their generals overthrow the fat piece of shit that runs the country.
Julian Moore
The worst part is that the Norks kept quiet about his condition for so long when in fact he had been in this state since a month after his arrest, and then they made up some bullshit story about botulism to cover up their act.
Jacob Cox
Surprising that they kept him alive for over a year after that though.
Lincoln Adams
they said they gave him a '''sleeping pill''' and he went into a coma
Brayden Turner
Man that's some fucked up shit. He's literally a vegetable now. Not quite in a coma and 'awake' but doesn't respond to his surroundings. No eye contact or whatsoever.
Only responds to pain but that's it. Practically still braindead.
Man the human body is scary
Gavin Hernandez
Wow they got an American to actually shut up... (harmless bants, but being Americans I feel I should explain that to you :) . FYI plz liberate my country, fuck this nanny state!) My actual thoughts on this are that the real guy is still in Korea probably getting fisted in a public square as we speak. This imposter is a cyborg fitted with a nuke or it is him but he is the carrier of some kind of biological weapon. It has started... keep in mind not a lot is known about North Korea, they are very secretive. All this "fuck, we are really struggling to get this whole nuke thing sorted out" could be a smoke and mirrors strategy/tactic...
Ryan Wood
I wish they had just killed him desu. His state is a fate worse than death.
Lincoln Bell
Hm. Yeah maybe he's a clone provided by the Chinese or something
Charles Torres
I'm still curious about what they did to him as the doctors haven't found any evidence of physical abuse or torture.
Juan Lewis
Probably he was either suffocated or overdosed on depressants
Connor Turner
The generals are the ones who run the country.
Colton Ramirez
>Otto Warmbier I guess those german memes were accurate.
Brayden Reed
Oh shit! I totally forgot about weighing the chinks into this... My dad told me once "if it smells like shite, it's probably because it is shite" this right here smells like pure shite. Unless this guy is a total light weight that got "broken". But by being American in Commie land I can't see him "breaking" after a year "don't tread on me" and all that kind of stuff. But hey who knows.
Lucas Watson
Some people sing I left my heart in San Francisco, Otto sings "I left my brain in Pyongyang".. probably in a very slow and retarded way.
Lucas James
USA BTFO. Their citizen got a fate worse than death. This is what happens when you mess with the Jong.
Nolan Perez
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Brandon Russell
This. They replaced the Americants brain with kimchi, didn't tell them then sent him back as a fuck you.
Gabriel Gutierrez
Let's be honest here; NK wouldn't last 15 minutes if the US invaded them. Kim is simply trying to piss off the US without crossing the border.
It's like an aggressive chihuahua who's protected by its owner so it does whatever it wants. If China backs off Kim will literally shit his pants
Jackson Kelly
NK would probably last a few months.
Matthew Lopez
that's a 22 year old wtf?
William Robinson
>Holy fuck, what did they do to him?
Death by snu-snu
Ayden Reed
came here to post this, the guy looks much older
Adrian Williams
This. Seoul would probably be blown to bits by the Norks during the invasion and the insurgency afterwards could last a long time.
Ethan Nguyen
Doubt it. Like 90% of all their missile tests failed so far and they even had fake weapons during their militiary parades. Hell they barely have the resources to feed their own people.
Jonathan Carter
kek chad BTFO
Julian Morris
I can imagine the NK leaders being mad enough to have nuke mines under the sea ready to detonate and destroy a whole invading fleet.They are that nuts. Just remember Americans :- talk is cheap. Look what happened to you guys in Vietnam... numbers of forces are and capital spent on them are just that, numbers. Ultimatly what you do with the numbers (tactics/strategy) determine the result.
Hudson Brown
Memes aside, do you lads feel any sympathy for a fellow human subjected to such inhuman cruelty for making a silly mistake that spun out of control?
Carson Mitchell
probably some sort of lobotomy to ensure he stays quiet.
Henry Ward
>nuke mines under the sea ready to detonate and destroy a whole invading fleet
Nukes are inefficient against fleet. In order to sink even a small ship you need to directly hit it with a nuke, not even a very close (
Hudson Thomas
It was an anoxic brain injury, not a traumatic one
Nolan Williams
As if it needs to be said, don't go to fucking North Korea, don't go to Syria, and don't jump in a lava filled volcano full of acid spewing piranhas.
Hudson Murphy
Ok and? Who said anything about detonating them under water?
Jack Harris
>Dumb and edgy amerishart dies at the end of BASED Norks Good.
Kayden Rogers
>they barely have the resources to feed their own people.
They have no resources to feed their own people. Without the international food aid, North Korea would face hunger, even worse than they had in 1995-1999.
William Johnson
You can't just magically delete a country with millions of soldiers in 15 minutes though.
Anthony King
A quality post, as expected of our Sino-Anglican neighbors
Juan Brown
tough luck!
Lincoln Smith
Don't worry we got some Koreans running around lately
Ian Robinson
>Let's be honest here; NK wouldn't last 15 minutes if the US invaded them. the problem is that south korea wouldnt either, we should have let them take the whole country so we could bomb it to shit without our allies suffering casualties
Anthony Mitchell
Where else are they supposed to detonate them? North Korean nuclear technology is on the 1940s level, they simply have no anti-ship missiles with nuclear warheads, and I doubt they'll develop them in any near future.
Joseph Hall
89 IQ grand strategy my friend. South Korea was a vital foothold during the Cold War
Henry Nelson
>someone feels sorry on Sup Forums >go back to redd*t fuckers
Brayden Nguyen
Sauce? It's could be a Utopia, where they make themselves out to be shithole but have vastly superior EVERYTHING. The tourists that go there could be shown a sort of shitty Disneyland version of NK hence the minders keeping an eye on them at all times.
Evan King
Smoke and mirrors m8. Smoke and mirrors.
Jason Sanders
Woah, North Korea is literally Wakanda
Elijah Allen
They don't need state-of-the-art weapons to level Seoul. Plus the new South Korean president is basically a pacifist who wants to prevent the full implementation of the THAAD defense system.
The North only needs a year tops to develop a nuke capable of hitting the US mainland and in the meantime already have the means to glass the South and Japan.
Joshua Robinson
Kek stupid normalfag
Aiden Fisher
you're fucking nutts bro
Aiden Edwards
>going to best Korea and stealing a painting Stupid burger lmao
Jeremiah Howard
>raped by small gook dicks >mind broken in 17 months KEK weak ass white bois.
Julian Cruz
>Ok and? Who said anything about detonating them under water? >I can imagine the NK leaders being mad enough to have nuke mines under the sea ready to detonate and destroy a whole invading fleet.They are that nuts. the person posting with your flag did, dumbass
Aiden Gutierrez
>Holy fuck, what did they do to him? Communism is a heck of a drug, don't do lefties kids
Mason Edwards
>t. Kim
Ethan Watson
>nuke mines under the sea ready to detonate and destroy a whole invading fleet. that would be an incredible waste of a nuke, even more so than a surface detonation
Nathan Gonzalez
Just throwing thought provoking ideas around, trying to have a discussion and maybe learn something/get some insight if I'm lucky. You are fucking gay bro XD
Caleb Gomez
Look at what happened to our guys in South Korea.
William Nelson
Stop being pedantic (gay) it won't get you far dumbass. Look at the general point please.
Liam White
Not particularly desu, he's a dumb kid who probably was never punished, had any consequences for his actions, etc throughout his life. It would be no different from some punk ass kids driving their car off a cliff going 80MPH around here. I'm sure when he was first caught he probably laughed and shit until he realized he would actually face consequences.
Why should I care about them when there are millions starving in Sudan, who did nothing wrong and just have the misfortune of being born in a shithole warzone?
Christopher Ortiz
It was a banner actually.
Camden Rogers
The nuke mines could float the surface then shoot/spring up into the air then explode. There are you happy now! Use your imagination.
>Why should I care about them when there are millions starving in Sudan, who did nothing wrong and just have the misfortune of being born in a shithole warzone? Because caring doesn't require a lot. I feel for those people too, and I can do so without reveling in another's torture.
Jayden Evans
Compassion is not a scarce resource. There's enough in our hearts for everyone, even idiots.
David Myers
>or it is him but he is the carrier of some kind of biological weapon
This. Farewell burgers
Andrew Ward
Sorry, but feeling for them won't help them at all.
Eli Fisher
No, your caring is meaningless and shallow.
Jeremiah Evans
or they gave him back because north korea couldnt afford to pay the life support anymore
cant make any money if your forced laborer is in a coma that doesnt make it any less genuine
Aaron Howard
I'd kill myself if I felt the same compassion to some third worlders suffering as I'd feel for my parents if they'd suffer in the same manner.
Isaac Nguyen
Baby steps. If everyone on Earth hardened their heart, it would be a far worse place.
Only nobody said that except for you. Compassion isn't a binary choice.
Christopher Smith
Compassion where I'm not ready to do anything meaningful over people dying in brutal ways is shallow and meaningless compassion
Brayden Cox
Hahahaha get fucked Yanks.
Jackson Ward
I'm not reveling, I'm just not really feeling much sympathy for the guy. No less than any other teen/kid who does something stupid and gets killed.
Robert Rogers
>Compassion where I'm not ready to do anything meaningful over people dying "Not ready" and "not able" are not the same.
>is shallow and meaningless compassion It's nether. An emotion I actually and instinctively feel cannot be shallow, nor can feeling a natural compassion for my fellow man be meaningless. It "means" my heart and mind aren't distorted or apathetic.