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Kim Jong Un’s former classmates say he really is ‘dangerous, unpredictable, prone to violence’
WP ^ | 2013/12/16 | Max Fisher

Posted on 12/17/2013 2:36:20 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster

Kim Jong Un’s former classmates say he really is ‘dangerous, unpredictable, prone to violence’

By Max Fisher, Updated: December 16 at 12:39 pm

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (AFP PHOTO / KCNA via KNS)

The U.S. government reached alarming conclusions about the personal character of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un based on interviews with people who knew him when he was a student in Switzerland, former U.S. Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell revealed on CNN over the weekend.

The official U.S. assessment of Kim's character is perhaps not, on its face, very surprising. After all, the North Korean leader, like his father, certainly gives the impression of a wild-eyed despot who appears to buy into his own highly official cult of personality. But North Korea-watchers have long debated whether this is merely a pose, a performance calculated to rally North Koreans and intimidate the outside world. This assessment suggests that Kim's antics are not entirely about rational decision-making but are at least in part driven by a personality just as crazy as it appears.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chiachub; dprk; fishlips; jang; kimjongun; nkorea; purge
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To: TigerLikesRooster
http://theweek.com/article/index/254226/4-tech-tools-that-are-disrupting-the-doctors-office

...no sh!t little beaver.

A well placed drone would take care of this jerk....

...well, why not?...who is going to care? Putin may do it himself if Un gets crazier...

21 posted on 12/17/2013 3:04:10 PM PST by B.O. Plenty (....give war a chance.....)
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To: B.O. Plenty
Well, looks like I pasted in the wrong thing..

....oh well, stuff happens...

22 posted on 12/17/2013 3:06:35 PM PST by B.O. Plenty (....give war a chance.....)
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To: Gen.Blather
Not sure of “amature” is a play on words, or you mean “amateur.”
23 posted on 12/17/2013 3:10:19 PM PST by erkelly (Never underestimate the stupidity of the stupid party!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Kim and Norks are just 3rd class bullies. I see very little reason why we haven’t kicked their ass in the past.


24 posted on 12/17/2013 3:12:59 PM PST by ConservativeInPA (We need to fundamentally transform RATs lives for their lies.)
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To: BerryDingle

I think those two have a homosexual relationship


25 posted on 12/17/2013 3:13:36 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: BerryDingle

Does that moron know that the evil moron just snuffed out his uncle?


26 posted on 12/17/2013 3:21:38 PM PST by Patriot Babe
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Now that is some real news.


27 posted on 12/17/2013 3:22:10 PM PST by fortheDeclaration (Pr 14:34 Righteousness exalteth a nation:but sin is a reproach to any people)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I BET GETTING A LOT OF SWIRLIES MADE HIM THAT WAY...


28 posted on 12/17/2013 3:24:56 PM PST by PATRIOT1876
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To: erkelly

“Not sure of “amature” is a play on words, or you mean “amateur.” “

I try not to play with words. Too frickin’ dangerous. It was a boo-boo. Or, possibly a bieu-bieu.


29 posted on 12/17/2013 3:28:52 PM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I want see if Chia Chub get call to principal office those records I think safe to say Chia Chub was disruptive influence among his classmates

Can you imagine that poor principal phone call back to Pyrongnag


30 posted on 12/17/2013 3:34:13 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Have assessments of foreign intelligence services of Soetoro’s character ever leaked? Undoubtedly they know his “birth certificate” and “draft registration” are forgeries. Undoubtedly they know about Man’s Country. They probably know where he was born, and who his father was.


31 posted on 12/17/2013 3:34:15 PM PST by Arthur McGowan
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To: 3Fingas; tet68

My guess is...”Setting the stage”


32 posted on 12/17/2013 3:36:25 PM PST by Tainan (Cogito, ergo conservatus sum -- "The Taliban is inside the building")
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To: TigerLikesRooster
..."dangerous, unpredictable, prone to violence"?

I sure am glad nobody in the top echelons of the US government falls into those categories!

We have a lot of nukes still - but fewer all the time, so I suppose we are safe enough, no?

33 posted on 12/17/2013 3:52:08 PM PST by Gritty (Liberals think living your life free of welfare, EBT, and government nannies is "cheating"-J Hawkins)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Lovely, and Kerry doesn’t see why the Norks having nukes is an issue. What a vainglorious buffoon! [Steyn, you are a genius!]


34 posted on 12/17/2013 4:09:16 PM PST by NonValueAdded (It's not the penalty, it's the lack of coverage on 1 Jan. Think about it.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Oh, he’s an MSNBC leftist!


35 posted on 12/17/2013 4:11:06 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: TigerLikesRooster

36 posted on 12/17/2013 4:16:31 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind, but now I see...)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

At least the kid is a member in good standing of the “bad haircut league’...


37 posted on 12/17/2013 4:25:42 PM PST by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

These NORK generals best start thinking about self-preservation. If chia-head is willing to off his uncle, then nobody is safe. Start considering shoving a division up Kim Jong Un’s behind while he’s watching Mickey Mouse cartoons. But this time when you round up Kim Jong Un’s secret police, kill them all. That’s where Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg made his fatal mistake in allowing the Gestapo to live. He should have killed them all.


38 posted on 12/17/2013 5:07:16 PM PST by sergeantdave
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To: Responsibility2nd

Rodman is an interesting character. His appearance is far worse than most pro athletes, but he is a little sharper.


39 posted on 12/17/2013 5:34:24 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

‘Not much of a disguise’


40 posted on 12/17/2013 5:40:25 PM PST by txhurl
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