[TigerLikesRooster]

Re #8

Kim Jong-Il's paranoia will work against him. It will further weaken the effetive functioning of his regime, just as in the case of Saddam Hussein. Many elites will really lose hope, and live in abject fear. And still it won't be completely safe for Kim Jong-Il and his loyalists.

N. Korean regime will screw itself before America gets into any serious visible action. PsyOp has already started. It worked in Iraq. It would work in N. Korea, too.

[bucephalus]

"N. Korean regime will screw itself before America gets into any serious visible action. PsyOp has already started. It worked in Iraq. It would work in N. Korea, too."

Hope you're right. However, hasn't the implosion scenario been forecast and forecast and forecast again for the North and ain't they still there? Why won't we - to quote far leftie historian Bruce Cumings - be watching Kim Jeong Nam's ascent in 2020? Anyway, thanks for the translation and hard effort.