Posted on 02/15/2017 2:29:56 PM PST by 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.
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how did a guy who looks like he cleans toilets at McDonalds get to be the leader of North Korea?
Because he’s got great hair?
Your average kid who cleans toilets for McDonalds would be better for NK than the goons running it.
There aren’t too many fat North Koreans but there are at least a couple.
Gangnam Style.
That hair cut was done by a blindfolded monkey...
Every goddam Democrat leader (and please rebuke me, mods) has left the Republican president to clean up the goddam mess they’ve created. Now it’s Trump time! Poor man.
The media needs to stop being such drama queens. Lil' Kimmie has always killed his enemies and rivals. And if I'm not mistaken, this is not the first time he's killed a family member.
Everyone always like the guys in the man buns - especially the gals
If he bumps everyone off, once fatties has a stroke, there will be no one left...won’t that be a good thing?
I thought he was the model for the Pillsbury dogh boy.
Not this gal. No man should wear his hair in a bun. For that matter, no male should have long hair. Yuck.
I think he eats all the food they have in that shthole
“And if I’m not mistaken, this is not the first time he’s killed a family member.”
IIRC he fed an uncle to the dogs.
He also killed someone using an anti aircraft gun.
This kid definitely has a few screws loose.
If I was his sister I would be very afraid.
“That hair cut was done by a blindfolded monkey...”
The blindfold was so they could take him right out and shoot him.
He looks like a bowling ball with a dead squirrel on his head...
It was a twofer...
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