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Big difference between US and DPRK is that we have heard of it, and are free to criticize it without repercussions.


Also, unlike North Korean camps, they generally don't send young children to Guantanamo Bay because of their parents' political crimes (real or invented).



Omar is at least alleged to have actually committed war crimes, and he was almost 16. Feel free to characterize the legitimacy of his treatment, but he's no Shin Dong-hyuk:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Dong-hyuk


Some of aren't satisfied with just the illusion of freedom. We care about not just the American citizens that Obama is killing with drones, but human life all over the world.




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