North Korea's Kim Jong II Pushing Up Daisies

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Yeah, Kim Jong-un. He could end up being nuttier and nastier than his now-dead dad. Odd as it may sound, we may end up missing Kim Jong-il.

Jong-un is 28. While, historically, many dictators have held the reigns of power at a young age, I foresee no genius in Jong-un that would allow him to remain in power. I expect that more experienced party members will use him/undermine him as they attempt to increase their own power. Within a year or two, N. Korea will be a very unstable place. An unstable place with nuclear weapons.

The only reason we will miss Jong-il is that he was the evil we knew. In a few years, N. Korea will be the evil we don't know.