Radioblogger has the transcript of an absolutely unbelievabe Wolf Blitzer interview with Ted Turner about how nice it is in North Korea. Well, perhaps not so unbelievable when you consider it is Ted Turner.

WB: I've got to tell you, Ted, given the record of North Korea, especially the fact that in the Clinton administration, in '93-'94, they made a similar pledge which they violated and they backed out of. I'm not exactly sure that I accept all your optimism.

TT: Well, you know, I was optimistic about the Cold War when I got to Russia, too. But I looked 'em right in the eyes, and they look like they meant the truth. I mean, you know, just because somebody has done something wrong in the past, it doesn't mean they can't do right in the future, or in the present. That happens all the time.

WB: But this is one of the most despotic regimes, and Kim Jung Il is one of the worst men on Earth. Isn't that a fair assessment?

TT: Well, I didn't get to meet him, but he didn't look...in the pictures I've seen of him on CNN, he didn't look too much different than most of the other people I've met.

WB: But look at the way he's treating his own people.

TT: Well, hey. Listen, I saw a lot of people over there. They were thin, and they were riding bicycles instead of driving in cars. But I didn't see any brutality in the capitol, or out in the DMZ. We drove through the countryside quite a bit to down to P'annumjom and Kaesong. We traveled around. I'm sure we were on a special route, but I don't see...there's really no reason...North Korea's got enough problems with their economy and their agriculture. I think they want to join the Western world, and improve the quality of life for their people, just like everybody else.

Sure, and that is why they have slave labor camps for those people they are so concerned about improving the quality of life for. Geesh! This guy once ran a cable news organization.

And North Korea and nuclear missiles? Don't worry about it says our Ted.

WB: I think the bottom line, though, Ted, and I think you'd agree. They had this opportunity in the nineties, when they signed this first agreement, and they cheated. They didn't live up to it. Now they have a second chance. I hope you're right. I certainly do.

TT: Well, I hope I'm right, too. But, you know, in the Bible, it says you're supposed to forgive seven times seventy, or something like that. Just because...in 1940, the Germans were our enemies. For the last fifty years, they've been our allies. The same with the Russians...The Russians were our enemies before '91 when the Cold War ended. Let's give them a break. Give them a break. Besides, even if they do threaten us again, the threat is non-existent to the United States. They can't threaten us. I mean, it's like a flea attacking an elephant.

WB: What about those ground-to-ground missiles, and the...

TT: They can't reach us.

WB: They can reach Japan. They can reach South Korea. They can reach a lot of our allies.

TT: They can't reach the U.S.A., and we can pound them into oblivion in 24 hours.

WB: But you don't want to get to that. There's some estimates, by the way, they could reach Alaska.

TT: Well, what? The Aleutian Islands? There's nothing up there but a few sea lions.

Well, if we can sacrifice the sea lions in the Aleutian Islands, I wonder how Ted feels about the caribou in ANWR.

And this guy wants to base his foreign policy around forgiving seven times seventy just like in the Bible. Isn't this the guy who once told the Dallas Morning News that "Christianity is a religion for losers."?

Wolf Blitzer sounds like he can't believe how whacked Ted Turner sounds after Ted's little brain-washing jaunt over to North Korea.

It just goes to show that you don't have to have any sense to become a billionaire. Sorta discouraging for the rest of us, isn't it?