North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects Galido outpost and Jangjedo defending force in this undated photo [KCNA/Reuters]
Alexander Gillespie, Al Jazeera: Assassinating Kim Jong-un could go so wrong
The idea of assassinating a public figure or a high profile enemy, so as to remove a problem, has a dangerously simplistic logic to it. It is believed that once a leader is eliminated, his or her followers, and problems that they cause, will also dissolve. But history abounds with examples of political assassinations that went really wrong.
Yet in the 21st century, the practice of assassination appears to be more popular than ever, with recent examples coming from North Korea with the deaths of Jang Song Thaek (uncle to Kim Jong-un) and Kim Jong-nam (the half-brother of the North Korean leader).
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WNU Editor: Leaders have been assassinated throughout history .... Kim Jong-un would not be the first .... nor last.
2 comments:
I'd suspect the minute that Kim eats lead or has an accident the response will be Immediate, war.
However in my humble opinion the north artillery will focus on military bases and the dmz, as does North Korea actually want to kill 1000s of Chinese nationals and possibly open a 2nd front with China?
Or alternatively have China have the South and U.S limit their retaliation and do the heavy lifting themselves.
What if Kim has installed a program that requires his code, known only to him, to be entered every 48 hours or the nukes get launched? Imagine the joy of having killed him only to be interrupted by such a launch.
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