U.S. Author Sees Kim Jong-il Gone in Five Years A U.S. global security pundit says the U.S. can mobilize the help of South Korea, China and Japan to get rid of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il within five years if it wants to. Thomas Barnett, the author of the widely discussed "The Pentagon's New Map" on Washington’s future military strategy released in 2004, makes the suggestion in his follow-up "Blueprint for Action: A Future Worth Creating" published last month. An expert on the former Soviet Union and a former professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, Barnett briefly served as a...