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Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
OH BOY! Can't wait to see what sort of implications this has in the future (ordinarily I would hope for a violent solution to the situation, but seeing as how I have very close friends currently stationed in Korea, hopefully its a peaceful transition of power, etc.)
CoALabaer wrote: Wargamers hate two things: the state of the game and change.
His son Kim Jong Un is next in line to be Supreme Leader, the worst part of it is it will be under the supervision of Kimmy's brother Chang Sung-taek, a man who makes KJI seem sane by comparison. Chang has advocated nuking Japan in the past.
Now all we have to do is wait for Fidel to die of lung cancer and we'll be in good shape!
I think you missed the part where his little bro Raul is now running the show in Cuba, and both he and Fidel have radically stepped down their anti-American rhetoric this past decade. In fact, Raul has significantly slackened government rule in Cuba and it looks like its gradually heading towards a Chinese model of "communism".
CoALabaer wrote: Wargamers hate two things: the state of the game and change.
On the odd chance that North Korean Death Squads are reading this thread and making a list of people to kill, I'd just like to say that I'll miss our Dear Leader greatly.
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Monster Rain wrote:On the odd chance that North Korean Death Squads are reading this thread and making a list of people to kill, I'd just like to say that I'll miss our Dear Leader greatly.
Newly dead dictator is best newly dead dictator.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
Monster Rain wrote:On the odd chance that North Korean Death Squads are reading this thread and making a list of people to kill, I'd just like to say that I'll miss our Dear Leader greatly.
The NKDSs are jokes in comparison to the operatives I have at my disposal.
The Director of Third Echelon owes me a few favors.
There are some who walk until their legs fail them and they fall to the ground. I find that respectable.
Then there are those who drag themselves further. I find that admirable.
One less Stalinist dictator is a good thing, but "meet the new boss, same as the old boss". His son will be just as bad.
This quote from Chad Vader about it is amusing:
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Kim Jong-il died of "overwork". Yes, it's hard work to be a tyrannical lunatic, let me tell you. The paperwork alone will kill you.
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Maybe he just got overexcited because he likes trains.
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Will his death even make that much of a difference? No doubt his sons have been groomed to take over his position once he kicked the bucket. Most likey life in North Korea will go on just as it has the past how ever many years.
On the converse though, now hes dead there will be a lot of people making power grabs. So if that happens and we get lucky North Korea will have its own civil war and we may get left with not only South Korea but with East and West Korea too.
Kim Jong-Il was kind of a dick and I doubt he'll be missed by many people not forced to mourn him at gunpoint, but I also doubt much will change in the DPRK as a result of his death.
Snrub wrote:Most likey life in North Korea will go on just as it has the past how ever many years.
Almost certainly, yes. I'd be very surprised to see Kim Jong-Un make any radical changes or departures from the established doctrine. I'm sure a lot of other countries (the ROK in particular) will scramble to see if he's receptive to their overtures, but I doubt they'll get very far.
I don't know how stable or sane this "Kim Jong Un" is, except that he likes to wear his fathers hat or something, but I would want to make sure he doesn't start attacking everyone that makes fun of his weight problem.
Karon wrote:I don't know how stable or sane this "Kim Jong Un" is,
After a lifetime combination of immense privilege and perpetual indoctrination I'm guessing "not very" but we'll have to see, I guess. Who knows, he might surprise everyone. He'll be assuming the mantle of a massive cult of personality though and I don't think anything good has ever come of those.
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HA!. I cant belive you Americans think this is a bloody good thing. First of all, this guy was senial and over come with age, so he couldn't really think for him self as much as he could in the past. His son is much more crazyer then the old tard. And his brother will be the 2nd in command, and that guy is flipping nuts.
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Awwwwwwww man. We have been burning through evil dictators like crazy in the past few years. We are going to run out at this rate! Who will we hate then?!
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