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This is making me wonder if Kim Jong Il has been executing officials and family so rapidly not because they were for peace, but rather because they were pushing
by borkt 8y ago
This is making me wonder if Kim Jong Il has been executing officials and family so rapidly not because they were for peace, but rather because they were pushing a hard line agenda and he is the one who wanted to make peace with the south. It would be very interesting if it turns out that all of his previous public speech was actually forced, and he had to remove a lot of people before he could push through this agenda. Unlikely I'm sure but not impossible.
- whb07 8y agoI really wonder what his endgame to be is? What if he realizes the jig is up and he can do a peaceful transition and cash out entirely? He could be lord emperor of a shit empire or he could be a wealthy millionaire/billionaire in the real world. All he has to do is walk away from the mess. I wonder if the South Koreans and US would be down with him doing that?
- ConceptJunkie 8y agoScott Adams has had a number of very interesting (and I think insightful) pieces on North Korea and how Trump could be the first person in half a century to make the geopolitical situation with respect to North Korea better instead of worse. Here is one of them: http://blog.dilbert.com/2018/01/17/north-korea-can-become-switzerland-east/ http://blog.dilbert.com/2018/01/17/north-korea-can-become-sw...
- lpa22 8y agoThis is an interesting theory, one big counterpoint is that he killed his escaped half-brother who was out of the regime for many years https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/10/01/asia/kim-jong-nam-murder-trial/index.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/10/01/asia...