Kim Jong Un Just Got More Dangerous

[Casino67]

Politico.com/Magazine:

“The more you approach infinity,” the French novelist Gustave Flaubert wrote, “the deeper you penetrate terror.”

So it is with Kim Jong Un, already the most dangerous man in the most precarious nuclear state in the world. After the swift execution this week of his uncle-cum-regent, Jang Song Taek, he has become even more dangerous. Kim has boxed himself into a corner where it is hard to fathom a peaceful future for either his family dynasty or the country he rules.

The full implications of this bloody purge will reveal themselves over time as additional disturbing revelations seep out. But Kim’s murderous act leaves an indelible stain. Global risk is now heightened, as the slaughter at the top of Pyongyang’s pyramid locks Kim into a reign of terror, with consequences that threaten the security of the entire region.

There is little doubting Uncle Jang’s “acts of treachery.” To be sure, some of the myriad charges against Jang, listed in a remarkable North Korean news release, belong in the theater of the absurd (underselling his nephew’s stunning achievements, presumably a water park in East Pyongyang and a ski resort set to open at month’s end). But there was indeed skullduggery afoot. Clearly Jang was guilty of building his personal power, a threat to the 30-year-old Kim, whose bloodline entitles him, not the man who married his aunt, to claim the mantle of his father, the late “Dear Leader.”

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Thank goodness OUR Dear Leader is on top of this.

[Valin]

@Casino67

 

 

Sitting atop a failed economy and a closed society, maintaining order through terror and a police state, Kim is running out of moves.

As long as China has his back.......

 

In the span of two years, his image has lurched from that of a youthful, reform-minded man of the people and caring father to the worst kind of medieval despot.

Only idiots and reporters (but I repeat myself) thought that.

 

 

 

As for him being a problem...I have a .45 solution for that.

[Casino67]

The uncle was China's bestest Korean friend, now that he is gone, I wonder how much longer they will put up with Un? The kid seems to have a mind of his own. The .45 solution may be the answer, but then who is next?

[Valin]

The uncle was China's bestest Korean friend,

Do you have a link? Thanks.

 

It will be interesting to see what actions (if any) they will do.

[Casino67]

 

The uncle was China's bestest Korean friend,

Do you have a link? Thanks.

 

It will be interesting to see what actions (if any) they will do.

 

Valin, no link. Just seem to have read that the uncle was someone the Chinese could work with. Maybe just my imagination. And wasn't there comment by someone that maybe the kid was worried the uncle was getting too close to them? Again, maybe my imagination.

[Valin]

 

 

The uncle was China's bestest Korean friend,

Do you have a link? Thanks.

 

It will be interesting to see what actions (if any) they will do.

 

Valin, no link. Just seem to have read that the uncle was someone the Chinese could work with. Maybe just my imagination. And wasn't there comment by someone that maybe the kid was worried the uncle was getting too close to them? Again, maybe my imagination.

 

 

Sigh No disagreement, but it would be nice to have a source.

[Casino67]

My 5:05 post re Korea may have some of the answers you are looking for.

[Valin]

North Korean leader's influential aunt remains in power after uncle Jang's execution

SEOUL Sun Dec 15, 2013

 

(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential aunt Kim Kyong Hui remains a part of the regime's inner circle, even after the execution of her husband last week, the second most powerful man in the isolated nation.

 

North Korea late on Saturday named 67-year-old Kim Kyong Hui, daughter of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung, as one of the funeral committee members for North Korea's ruling party, a prestigious position.

 

Kim's uncle Jang Song Thaek was killed last week just days before the second anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il, the father of North Korea's current ruler.

 

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