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Sons of N. Korean strongman reportedly skirmishing to succeed him |
2006-10-24 |
![]() At 64, Kim has just surpassed the age at which his father, Kim Il Sung, picked him as the next leader in the first dynastic Marxist-Leninist succession in the world. Now, as Kim's bouffant coif makes him instantly recognizable around the globe, the hair is apparent but the heir is hidden. Some Korea watchers say it's because Kim frets over diluting his power. "If you announce a successor, you immediately create a second source of power for people who aren't satisfied with how things are going," said Jasper Becker, the author of "Rogue Regime: Kim Jong Il and the Looming Threat of North Korea," a book published last year. Experts on North Korea differ over how and when Kim might pick a successor. "The third generation remains a question mark," said Sohn Kwang-joo, a former South Korean intelligence analyst who wrote a book about the Kim family and now heads the Daily NK, an Internet site. "It is certain he will try to pass on rule to one of his sons. Whether he succeeds or not does not depend on him but other factors." |
Posted by:Fred |
#13 Just who decided Smurfette couldn't be a perfectly capable iron-fisted tyrant? If they're anyhting like the Filipinas I knew.... |
Posted by: Pappy 2006-10-24 21:25 |
#12 There's gotta be a way to exploit this. Maybe someone can bump Kim Jong Nam off, and "leak" incriminating evidence to Daddy that Kim Jong Un offed his brother and is looking to bump off his Dad next. After Kim Jong Un meets with the inevitable "unfortunate accident," plant a rumor that Kim Jong Chol is preparing a coup, with Chinese assistance, now that his rival brothers are out of the way. Plant a counter-rumor that Dad is about to snuff Kim Jong Chol and the head of the secret police and transfer power to the daughter. Pop popcorn. Watch the fun. Of course, that assumes a competent CIA, which we probably do not have. On the other hand, . . . 'Spook, you know anybody that knows anybody that knows people in Korea? |
Posted by: Mike 2006-10-24 16:37 |
#11 What's mine is mine! What's your's is mine! Communist with knife and fork seeks capitalist with steak and lobster dinner. |
Posted by: Zenster 2006-10-24 16:18 |
#10 Heh. Sorry? :-} |
Posted by: .com 2006-10-24 10:51 |
#9 .com, you owe my employers a new 19" LCD monitor. |
Posted by: Jonathan 2006-10-24 10:17 |
#8 3dc - You just described my ex perfectly. |
Posted by: .com 2006-10-24 07:43 |
#7 Just who decided Smurfette couldn't be a perfectly capable iron-fisted tyrant? It was Lenin or Mohammed, but I can't remember which. Maybe Janet Reno? |
Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-10-24 06:51 |
#6 Apparently, communism is also the best way to achieve gender equality, if the total invisibility of Kimmie's daughter is any indication. Just who decided Smurfette couldn't be a perfectly capable iron-fisted tyrant? |
Posted by: exJAG 2006-10-24 04:32 |
#5 Communism is a system that works. For proof watch any episode of The Smurfs. It's only when the evil capitalist Gargamel came into their village (to kidnap them and turn them into gold for profit) did the Smurfs have any reason to fear anything. |
Posted by: Papa Smurf 2006-10-24 02:11 |
#4 Joe communism has never been its theory rather raw power. The best way to describe communism from a cadre point of view is: What's mine is mine! What's your's is mine! |
Posted by: 3dc 2006-10-24 01:46 |
#3 Poorman's Uday and Qusay. |
Posted by: Dunno 2006-10-24 00:45 |
#2 Alright, look for the one that looks like Madam Halfbright |
Posted by: Captain America 2006-10-24 00:36 |
#1 Now, now, I just I know I read someplace(s) that COMMUNISM + SOCIALISM was about Democracy, Justice, Equality and the "Rights of the People/Masses", NOT "succession" let alone "DYNASTIC SUCCESSION"??? RUS KIMBAUGH > its a terrible burden, just terrible D *** YOU, for Castro to have to routinely import and eat expensive hams while being forced by the decadent imperialist warmongering capitalist West to watch his people + Army starve. |
Posted by: JosephMendiola 2006-10-24 00:21 |