A completely different take on the succession than Bolton has.
Analysis: The power behind the throne in North Korea
With the military already very powerful, there appears to be little risk of a coup or the kind of regime change seen in the Arab world this year.
One thing is clear — the elite want to survive and know they cannot afford a power struggle.
“The North Korean leadership is united,” said Andrei Lankov of Kookmin University in Seoul. “They understand that they should hang together in order not to be hanged separately.”
Jang, his wife Kim and Vice Marshal Ri are expected to make sure Jong-un survives as the third generational leader and that North Korea holds together at least through the centenary of Kim Il-Sung’s birth in 2012.
“These people make up a crisis management community,” said Cho Min of the Korea Institute for National Unification.
“They will be ensuring that everyone understands that it is in no one’s interest to try to stand up against Kim Jong-un.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/20/us-korea-north-power-idUSTRE7BJ0HU20111220
Wonder how long they can pull that off if UN decides to turn another direction? He will not do so any time soon...but I can imagine that possibiity....though it hardly looks possible.
I say this because all wars and conflicts generally begin in the most unexpected ways and places...and usually not anticipated....never underestimate the hand of God moving the willing and seemingly insignificant