He had no where to go...he was victimized by America and turned to the one place he had left. This movie is full of DPRK and American Imperialist propaganda. These comments are demonizing.
Dresnok came from broken homes and the lower, lowest rung of the 99% society. Joe would now be in prison, wasting away until death. I cannot judge him, because I haven't walked a mile in his shoes. To the consternation and bedevilment of his so-called moral peers; Joe Dresnok is a traitor to America! The 1% of fat cats, aristocrats have utter disdain for a peasant who would not stay in the gutter to please them. I would have not chosen his path at all; but Dresnok has made a life for his own.
wow her son is beautiful !!! did they say his wife is part african O.O how her dad got in north korea wow she is pretty too to young for that old hag lol
It's not far fetched that they would want spies that don't look N.Korea when America has soldiers it makes look like locals by growing beards or using soldiers of the nationality needed to more easily move around a country.
30 days after spending 40 years in korea and the last who knows ill....30 days seems like a logical comprimise....tobad their is always a story that is never heard that might alter the decision....30 days....more like years i agree. Could be why I'm a misanthrope and know this kinda shit happens all the time....go governments and people in positions of power.....
Dresnok is a disgusting reprobate, but you have to love him. :-D Oh, and by the way, Lebanon is no better than North Korea, so it's perfectly believable that that UGLY Arab scag would move there voluntarily on her own. No difference between the two nations, and considering that in Arab culture she was nothing better than a whore, N. Korea was the better bet. Who really cares anyway?
amazing documentary, i admit, they made lives for themselves in a hostile land. but i kant help feeling like he misses america now. i blame their parents for treating them so bad that they felt like north korea was a home for them. maybe one day if this war ends they will see america once again
@badassreinitz They can't realistically do that because they may have lost their U.S. citizenship, and could be tried for treason (etc) if they ever did come back.
@miamivicepastels83 I don't think he had much at that point beyond what daily life was like; though I'm sure the US asked him, "What the hell did you tell them when you crossed the line?". Probably when he got to Japan they grilled him as he had knowledge of the foreign kidnap victims.
@miamivicepastels83 Especially as Jenkins maintains (believe him or not) that he never intended to defect. He'd found out his unit was transferring to Vietnam so he figrued if he walked into DPRK territory that he'd be arrested, interrogated by Soviets, they'd see he didn't know much, they'd send him back to the US, they'd dishonorably discharge him (maybe with a brief sentence) and he'd avoid Vietnam. He says he saw GIs do this with East Germany when he'd earlier served in West Germany.
@miamivicepastels83 It's pretty fascinating. The one thing I really like about it is he talks about the black market in the DPRK and how people get knowledge (at least pop culture knowledge) of the rest of the world. That part is missing from many documentaries on the DPRK. I actually got his book from my local public library, so check that out as an option, too!
@zorak1997 oh yeah i forgot about the good old library. and i wondered that too. how do they find out about whats going on in the rest of the world or do they just "not know". like in one documentary (the vice guide) which was very basic but....it showed in the music room a mariah carey cassette. her first album. and i was like....hmmmf fancy that :p . do they even know who she is? it just raised all kinda questions. the theory was that it was to learn conversational eng...but still
@miamivicepastels83 Oh yeah, the library in Pyongyang where they try to show visitors how worldly they are! I went there on a tour last summer. They heard an American was coming so when I got there they pulled out a Madonna CD and an American text book on how to sail a small sail-boat :)
Most ppl get their outside info via illegal radios where they try to pick up South Korean radio, or from black market DVDs from China. Jenkins said he watched one of the Die Hard movies a lot in the DPRK.
@zorak1997 that is so interesting, how did u get there as an american? i have heard some can get in through some type of program because u want to study juche or something like that i heard. how did they react to u seeing that you are from the US? NK is fascinating to me. I would be nervous but I would love to go see.
@miamivicepastels83 When I tell people I went, they reply, "No you didn't. Did you? How the hell did you get in?". For the past 5 years, if you're American and want to go, you can go. You get a multi-entry visa for China (you'll have to go in and out via China), contact a Chinese tour operator (ike Koryo or Young Pioneer) at least 4 weeks in advance, and they'll get you a tourist visa. I understand being nervous (knowing what we know about the DPRK!), but while on tour, you're safe.
@zorak1997 wonder y they did that? now that is interesting. i know they did it for a purpose. i would be nervous because i remember how those reporters (and others) were held hostage. i have read so much and watched so much i feel like i have seen it already.
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Parag0n 3 weeks ago
He had no where to go...he was victimized by America and turned to the one place he had left. This movie is full of DPRK and American Imperialist propaganda. These comments are demonizing.
wowpapa 1 month ago
i don't believe this movie is a true story
krotalhn 1 month ago
You can just listen to this guy talk and know that something is seriously wrong with him
usmcgunner58 1 month ago
This guy seems like a total sleaze.
ThePacNW 1 month ago 5
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"And I was married to.. what?"
LanIost 1 month ago
Blown...
jacksradiocomm1 2 months ago
Jenkins was 40 and looks like Hugh Hefner who is 84...wow.
Vladimir0538 2 months ago
It's RON PAUL!!!!!
SlipperyShampoo 2 months ago
So funny every photo you see a lot of food, keeping up appearance hahahaha!!
servaniatje 2 months ago
big bully!
write2yibo 2 months ago
Anyone who leaves their homeland is bound for trouble.Just ask someone who knowt his better than
most-ME!!
kadriorg 2 months ago
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lymmington 2 months ago
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lymmington 2 months ago
Fucking pathetic losers. Both should be lined-up against a wall and shot dead.
TheWarlordinmars 2 months ago
@TheWarlordinmars why because they chose to make their own path?
Biankito 1 week ago
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Die you fat bastard traitor
TheWarlordinmars 2 months ago
The Lebanese wife is scary, even dresnok looks like an oaf!
rishikeshfour 2 months ago
Jenkins had a family connected to a Japanese family, which at that time could make a difference.
Dresnok, married, to a Togonese, could not.
Nuff said.
blvtzpk 3 months ago
Jenkins had a family connected to a family, Japanese, that could make a difference. Dresnok, married, to a Togonese, could not. Nuff said.
blvtzpk 3 months ago
(towards the end)....Lord...there is so much propaganda and misinformtion and isolation.....who knows what the truth is....crazy....and sad
miamivicepastels83 3 months ago
that's sad about jenkins' wife an the family split
miamivicepastels83 3 months ago
This is some crazy shit!!!!!!
rashaeist 3 months ago
The whole documentary feels very creepy.
nicksum29 3 months ago
Had I gone through what he went through, I may well have done the same he did.
mechatech70 3 months ago
Dresnok came from broken homes and the lower, lowest rung of the 99% society. Joe would now be in prison, wasting away until death. I cannot judge him, because I haven't walked a mile in his shoes. To the consternation and bedevilment of his so-called moral peers; Joe Dresnok is a traitor to America! The 1% of fat cats, aristocrats have utter disdain for a peasant who would not stay in the gutter to please them. I would have not chosen his path at all; but Dresnok has made a life for his own.
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if he'd stayed in usa he could be a teabagger by now
wblakesx 6 months ago
@wblakesx meaning?
MassimoPiai 5 months ago
wow her son is beautiful !!! did they say his wife is part african O.O how her dad got in north korea wow she is pretty too to young for that old hag lol
SuperKawaichan 6 months ago
It's not far fetched that they would want spies that don't look N.Korea when America has soldiers it makes look like locals by growing beards or using soldiers of the nationality needed to more easily move around a country.
MakinaDeMuerte 6 months ago
His Blonde son is pretty hot, I must admit. lol
dancedanceeyeah 7 months ago
a romanian women?
draceadanadrian 7 months ago
the entire documentary is trying to tell the world one thing and one thing only: THIS DOCUMENTARY IS FAR FROM THE TRUE STORY
DogyKane 7 months ago
I somehow feel so bad for their kids.
PlasticFrog 7 months ago
30 days after spending 40 years in korea and the last who knows ill....30 days seems like a logical comprimise....tobad their is always a story that is never heard that might alter the decision....30 days....more like years i agree. Could be why I'm a misanthrope and know this kinda shit happens all the time....go governments and people in positions of power.....
1939dannyboy 8 months ago
dresnok is such an arsehole!!! i wish he'd stop criticizing jenkins, who seems eminently more reasonable and nicer and not a wife stealing pervert!
lwil7807 9 months ago
no BAH for you : /
pogisiG 10 months ago
Dresnok is a disgusting reprobate, but you have to love him. :-D Oh, and by the way, Lebanon is no better than North Korea, so it's perfectly believable that that UGLY Arab scag would move there voluntarily on her own. No difference between the two nations, and considering that in Arab culture she was nothing better than a whore, N. Korea was the better bet. Who really cares anyway?
iVenge 10 months ago
who are we suppose to believe
hojoleon 1 year ago
swingers do :P
constantlearn 1 year ago
friends don't put their hands in your wife's pants.
MissNophi2U 1 year ago 57
@MissNophi2U ikr, and he was so blunt about it....u can take the man out of america...but...
miamivicepastels83 3 months ago
amazing documentary, i admit, they made lives for themselves in a hostile land. but i kant help feeling like he misses america now. i blame their parents for treating them so bad that they felt like north korea was a home for them. maybe one day if this war ends they will see america once again
badassreinitz 1 year ago 16
@badassreinitz that is if the war ever ends
simaacity 1 year ago
@badassreinitz I don't think he wanted to live when he crossed, no matter what he says. You're right. Look at the hell he went through.
Bobassa0903 9 months ago
@badassreinitz They can't realistically do that because they may have lost their U.S. citizenship, and could be tried for treason (etc) if they ever did come back.
DominicMetal1979 6 months ago
@DominicMetal1979 Jenkins came back. He was only sentenced to one month in prison and was let out early for good behavior.
zorak1997 6 months ago
@zorak1997 could u imagine what kind of intelligence he was probably giving the US....i know they grilled him
miamivicepastels83 3 months ago
@miamivicepastels83 I don't think he had much at that point beyond what daily life was like; though I'm sure the US asked him, "What the hell did you tell them when you crossed the line?". Probably when he got to Japan they grilled him as he had knowledge of the foreign kidnap victims.
zorak1997 3 months ago
@zorak1997 true. i know he was happy regardless
miamivicepastels83 3 months ago
@miamivicepastels83 Especially as Jenkins maintains (believe him or not) that he never intended to defect. He'd found out his unit was transferring to Vietnam so he figrued if he walked into DPRK territory that he'd be arrested, interrogated by Soviets, they'd see he didn't know much, they'd send him back to the US, they'd dishonorably discharge him (maybe with a brief sentence) and he'd avoid Vietnam. He says he saw GIs do this with East Germany when he'd earlier served in West Germany.
zorak1997 3 months ago
@zorak1997 i want to read his book. on amazon. "the reluctant communist"
miamivicepastels83 3 months ago
@miamivicepastels83 It's pretty fascinating. The one thing I really like about it is he talks about the black market in the DPRK and how people get knowledge (at least pop culture knowledge) of the rest of the world. That part is missing from many documentaries on the DPRK. I actually got his book from my local public library, so check that out as an option, too!
zorak1997 3 months ago
@zorak1997 oh yeah i forgot about the good old library. and i wondered that too. how do they find out about whats going on in the rest of the world or do they just "not know". like in one documentary (the vice guide) which was very basic but....it showed in the music room a mariah carey cassette. her first album. and i was like....hmmmf fancy that :p . do they even know who she is? it just raised all kinda questions. the theory was that it was to learn conversational eng...but still
miamivicepastels83 3 months ago
@miamivicepastels83 Oh yeah, the library in Pyongyang where they try to show visitors how worldly they are! I went there on a tour last summer. They heard an American was coming so when I got there they pulled out a Madonna CD and an American text book on how to sail a small sail-boat :)
Most ppl get their outside info via illegal radios where they try to pick up South Korean radio, or from black market DVDs from China. Jenkins said he watched one of the Die Hard movies a lot in the DPRK.
zorak1997 3 months ago
@zorak1997 that is so interesting, how did u get there as an american? i have heard some can get in through some type of program because u want to study juche or something like that i heard. how did they react to u seeing that you are from the US? NK is fascinating to me. I would be nervous but I would love to go see.
miamivicepastels83 3 months ago
@miamivicepastels83 When I tell people I went, they reply, "No you didn't. Did you? How the hell did you get in?". For the past 5 years, if you're American and want to go, you can go. You get a multi-entry visa for China (you'll have to go in and out via China), contact a Chinese tour operator (ike Koryo or Young Pioneer) at least 4 weeks in advance, and they'll get you a tourist visa. I understand being nervous (knowing what we know about the DPRK!), but while on tour, you're safe.
zorak1997 3 months ago
@zorak1997 wonder y they did that? now that is interesting. i know they did it for a purpose. i would be nervous because i remember how those reporters (and others) were held hostage. i have read so much and watched so much i feel like i have seen it already.
miamivicepastels83 3 months ago
@badassreinitz I kind of agree.
mechatech70 3 months ago