July 20th, 2012 at 1:07:16 AM
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in a hurry and won't post a link, just google the news
looks like that general who got dumped was indeed purged. This is a move away from the Military there, will it be a move away from militarism?
looks like that general who got dumped was indeed purged. This is a move away from the Military there, will it be a move away from militarism?
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
July 20th, 2012 at 11:44:36 AM
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Update: there is unconfirmed chatter that the General did not go quietly
http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-speculation-rampant-seoul-094324001.html
http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-speculation-rampant-seoul-094324001.html
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
July 20th, 2012 at 1:38:57 PM
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Quote: odiousgambitin a hurry and won't post a link, just google the news
looks like that general who got dumped was indeed purged. This is a move away from the Military there, will it be a move away from militarism?
Purges are normally less to do with a change in theme in a communist dictatorship, and more to do with ensuring no-one is taking away power from the leader. It's probably not about whether their'll be a Military power (I can't see how North Korea Communism survives without it's huge military base), but who controls it.
"Then you can admire the real gambler, who has neither eaten, slept, thought nor lived, he has so smarted under the scourge of his martingale, so suffered on the rack of his desire for a coup at trente-et-quarante" - Honore de Balzac, 1829
July 25th, 2012 at 12:10:10 PM
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The Great Reformer Hip Leader ??
pretty hot looking
http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-confirms-mystery-woman-leaders-wife-131817060.html
pretty hot looking
http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-confirms-mystery-woman-leaders-wife-131817060.html
the next time Dame Fortune toys with your heart, your soul and your wallet, raise your glass and praise her thus: “Thanks for nothing, you cold-hearted, evil, damnable, nefarious, low-life, malicious monster from Hell!” She is, after all, stone deaf. ... Arnold Snyder
July 25th, 2012 at 12:50:29 PM
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Quote: odiousgambitThe Great Reformer Hip Leader ??
pretty hot looking
http://news.yahoo.com/north-korea-confirms-mystery-woman-leaders-wife-131817060.html
Being married to a dictator is probably much like being married to someone who believes in harems. And seems like in N. Korea, it's even easier just to disapear one day with no real explanation. Like a soap opera, a new character just shows up if needed.
Best of luck to her.
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