Why the killing of Kim Jong Un’s brother is a terrifying sign

http://nypost.com ^ | 02/15/2017 | Joshua Rhett Miller

[heterosupremacist]

The assassination of Kim Jong Un’s half-brother is another sign that North Korea’s ruthless leader has grown increasingly “desperate” — and the killing could have disastrous, destabilizing consequences, experts told The Post.

Kim Jong Nam — the elder, exiled son of late North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il — was poisoned by two female assassins at a Malaysian airport Monday, and all indications are that Kim Jong Un ordered the killing.

If indeed proven to be true, the assassination was an “especially heinous act” in a society where the legitimacy of the regime is determined by bloodlines, according to Gordon Chang, author of “Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World” and noted a North Korea expert.

“It means, I think, that Kim Jong Un is desperate,” Chang told The Post. “I think it can destabilize his regime. It’s a desperate act and he obviously thinks it’s in his advantage, but I don’t think so and it can bring him unintended consequences.”

The assassination was among three recent signs of growing instability in Pyongyang, including the dismissal of its minister of state security earlier this month and last weekend’s ballistic missile test, which prompted a promise by President Donald Trump to deal with North Korea “very strongly,” according to Chang.

Taken together, the weeks of unpredictability from North Korea indicates that Kim Jong Un is “under extreme pressure” and squarely within a “period of extreme volatility” during his reign, Chang said.

[lee martell]

That female assassin? She Bangs!

[beethovenfan]

He’s morbidly obese while his people are starving. Won’t go well for him down the road.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Because his grandpa made an alliance with the ChiComs.

And when his daddy died he showed that he knew how to sit, stay, roll over and sit up and beg on ChiCom command.

[USMCPOP]

Because he’s got great hair?Hey, they are poor. He can't afford a $400 haircut. Just take a little off the bottom for $175. and rub in some Vaseline.

[Enchante]

The world would be a much better place if we could take Kim Jong-Un and his henchmen, strip them of power and comforts, and force them to work manual labor for the rest of their sorry lives. Ditto with all of the world’s worst dictators and thugs.

[Lee25]

I’m just surprised that he did not kill his barber

[GGpaX4DumpedTea]

... strip them of power and comforts, and force them to work manual labor for the rest of their sorry lives. Ditto with all of the world’s worst dictators and thugs.

I would add many Dim Party elites, Smucky Schumer, Botox Pelosi, Barry Kenyon Sortelo, the recent failed Pres & VP candidates and their families...and you can fill in others, to this destiny.

[daltec]

That is always what I think of when I see that dude.

Heyyyy, sexy rady!

[taildragger]

"The world would be a much better place if we could take Kim Jong-Un and his henchmen, strip them of power and comforts, and force them to work manual labor for the rest of their sorry lives. Ditto with all of the world’s worst dictators and thugs."

Way past time to repeal the Church Amendment....

[jmcenanly]

Look up the year of the Four Emperors. When Nero died, there was chaos in his succession. Imagine this in a nation with nuclear weapons.

[Gay State Conservative]

He's an absolute psychopath whose father the Rats thought they could do business with.But he sure fooled them! As dangerous as the mullahs in Tehran will be when *they* get the bomb (also made possible by the Rats) this pig...unless someone succeeds in putting a bullet in his head...could cause very,*very* serious trouble in the next few years.

[Gay State Conservative]

Actually....it just occurred to me that maybe the Idi Amin strategy should be applied.Convince China to give him political asylum (like Saudi Arabia did with Idi),and offer him $5 billion if he leaves quietly.If he refuses remind him that a half dozen of our boomers about a 3 minute missile ride from his capital.

[infowarrior]

how did a guy who looks like he cleans toilets at McDonalds get to be the leader of North Korea?

The claim is that North Korea is a Communist dictatorship, but it looks more like to me that it is one of the world's last remaining absolute monarchies. He got to be leader because his father was, just like his grandfather before him. See the pattern here? That pattern hasn't been in play in much of the world for a century or three. Talk about backwards!

the infowarrior

[cpdiii]

Because his grandpa made an alliance with the ChiComs. And when his daddy died he showed that he knew how to sit, stay, roll over and sit up and beg on ChiCom command.

Very amusing post but unfortunately 100% correct.