Totenkopf Posted December 19, 2011 Posted December 19, 2011 [HK-47]Just another death notice, nothing to see here. Move along.[/HK-47] http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-state-tv-says-kim-jong-il-031257363.html
DarthParametric Posted December 19, 2011 Posted December 19, 2011 Goodnight, sweet prince. I hope they play this at his funeral -
JesusIsGonnaOwnSatan Posted December 19, 2011 Posted December 19, 2011 Too bad Kim Jong-Chul wasn't the one to succeeded ol' pops like Crysis said.
Q Posted December 19, 2011 Posted December 19, 2011 So, how long before somebody sets up us the bomb?
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Ctrl Alt Del Posted December 19, 2011 Posted December 19, 2011 Bin Laden, Jong-Il... I'm pretty sure that if either Ahmadinejad or Fidel kicks the bucket this year Obama will dance the heathen dance naked on the White House's lawn. WWIII anyone? How come?
Ghost Down Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 How come? His son is supposed to be even more hardcore then his father and he will most likely attack South-Korea, to show that he is a capable leader.
Pho3nix Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 I heard his son was exactly the opposite of that, but who knows.
Ctrl Alt Del Posted December 20, 2011 Posted December 20, 2011 His son is supposed to be even more hardcore then his father and he will most likely attack South-Korea, to show that he is a capable leader. I'm assuming you mean that the US would step in to defend SK and China would back NK. Then a cataclysmic war would ensue, right? I find that very hard to believe, partly because the G2 theory seems much more believable (although a new bipolarity is not very likely IMHO, few serious International Relations theories points toward a "warm" conflict of magnitude between the two countries - in any case, war is not likely). The outcome I'd predict for an aggression of NK on SK would be an unilateral reaction from the US troops stationed on the South Korean territory and immediacies which wouldn't trigger an international abjuration because SK would be the victim. Plus, war-crazed as Jong-Il was rumored to be, he never did break the truce seriously (yes, small provocations such as the fairly recent navy incursions and submarine attack existed but they never led to an escalation of the conflict parting from the South Korean side). He did make use of nuclear deterrence to get advantages in negotiations - on his case, to get food to feed his people and livelihood - but who hasn't? Considering his son does not yet holds the entire system on his hand with absolute power, if he ever leads country into even more hot waters his own administration may very well get rid of him.
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