there is a growing underground Christian movement (even though the penalty is death)
Sounds vaguely familiar to this Christian...
Posted on 10/16/2006 6:41:56 AM PDT by presidio9
AS many problems as North Korea's Stalinist dictatorship makes for the rest of the world, what it inflicts upon its captive population is far, far worse. Life in Kim Jong Il's iron-fisted police state is a hellish nightmare.
It's the most repressive country on earth, under absolute control of "Dear Leader" Kim. Fear, intimidation and wild-eyed propaganda dominate every aspect of society.
From outside, it can seem comical - like Pyongyang's recent boast that Kim had fired 11 holes in one - in 11 holes, of course - the first time he played golf. Somehow, that whopper was supposed to boost the tyrant's image.
But let's take a peek behind Kim's Iron Curtain.
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom reported in 2005: "There are virtually no personal freedoms in North Korea." Indeed, any and all civil liberties are considered a threat to the regime.
Radios and TVs are hard-wired to pre-set frequencies, over which North Koreans are subjected to constant propaganda, martial music, or B-grade Korean War flicks (this time, they win.) All homes display pictures of the "Dear Leader" and his father, "Great Leader" Kim Il Sung.
Crimes in "Kim-land" include defecting (or just trying), slandering Kim or the government, listening to foreign broadcasts, reading "subversive" material - even sitting on a newspaper that displays Kim's picture.
Failure to play by the rules can mean a bullet to the back of the head or time in one of Kim's seven political gulags, hard-labor camps that hold more than 200,000 men, women and children. The North Korean Freedom Coalition estimates that 400,000 to 1 million political prisoners have perished, some in gas chambers,
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there is a growing underground Christian movement (even though the penalty is death)
Sounds vaguely familiar to this Christian...
IIRC, it is not a legislated law, but rather an executive order (I think done by President Ford). That means that any sitting president can repeal or amend it at any time and could probably do so without ever publicizing it.
The US Commission for Human Rights in North Korea has a report on line
http://www.hrnk.org/hiddengulag/toc.html
I think that book should be required reading for every member of Congress, then they could see just why defeating Kim is so imperative.
He probably spends half the GNP on personal security
Lisa Ling has certainly come a long way since she wiped the mud of "The View" off the bottom of her feet and moved onto respectable journalism.
Maybe we could do it as an 'accident'. How hard can it be? Make it look like a suicide.
I agree. The last few reports I've seen her do have been pretty hard hitting. And balanced. I like in particular that she doesn't seem to focus on say, for example, "wimmins issues" or whatever.
Face it, if she was caught, she would be lying in a ditch now with most of her head gone.
Food poisoning? Slipped in the shower? Diabetic coma? There are so many ways he could die & not create an international incident.
Challenge.
Second, any time the Dear Leader is exposed, like at some military parade, he is surrounded by staff, and all the architecture that would provide a clear shot is a LOOONG way off. Check Pyongyang on Google Earth. 6, 8, even 12 lane streets, ZERO traffic, official buildings set way back from the street, Extreme sight lines to provide both grandeur and security, no trees for cover. (the trees have had the leaves and bark eaten, and the wood burned to keep warm.)
Actually, the best way would be to wait for the next big parade, and nuke the city. All the big military staffers would want to be on the podium, and the mobs in the parade are Kim's True Believers. Which do you prefer? A hundred thousand dead, or 50,000,000 dead? That is a perfect chance to behead the Snake...
"It's the most repressive country on earth"
NK will fall to number 2 if the Dims get control in November.
Everybody please get out and vote..
I think you're right, thanks for bringing that up, maybe this should be presented to the POTUS, I'm sure it has, I jsut wonder why it's not acted upon. I know we have guys trained enough to get him at a mile or more away. Maybe I underestimate the difficulty in doing this, but it seems like it could be done even by another country to avoid the whiners in the US.
I have a feeling that getting into North Korea and finding this psychotic midget might be more difficult than we think.
I don't think the aid we are sending is keeping Kim in power, bullets are. Most reports are that the aid we are sending NEVER REACHES the people it is intended for.
But how can this be! -- NorKor is another of the Leftists' paradises, along with Cuber ...
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