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2008-09-10 China-Japan-Koreas

Kim Jong Il may be gravely ill, jeopardizing talks

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Posted by Fred 2008-09-10 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Jeopardizing talks? Ya mean the Talks to Nowhere? So who is going to inherit the Spittle Machine after Kimmie ~~goes to be Hitler's roommate in hell~~ passes away?

Posted by Alaska Paul 2008-09-10 00:59|| 2008-09-10 00:59|| Front Page Top

Posted by badanov 2008-09-10 01:08|| http://www.freefirezone.org]">[http://www.freefirezone.org] 2008-09-10 01:08|| Front Page Top

#3 It's amazing that Sharon still has a beating heart after his stroke.

Posted by Penguin 2008-09-10 01:14|| 2008-09-10 01:14|| Front Page Top

#4 Let chaos reign.

I don't know NK that well, but Kimmie's boys seem to be less up to snuff than Uday and Quesay were. I'd have to think that, despite the supposed strength of dynastic politics, some general might hazzard a move on the Disney fanboy and the other clown when we get close to a succession situation. Plus, the folks who live there might be getting wind that their cousins down south get to eat protein every once in a while and that can be awfully tempting after a couple decades of grass stew.

I hope it collapses and SK and China have to pick up the mess as they should. We just need to secure the nukes. I am skeptical that forcing China and SK to administer this economic basket case is in any way a geopolitical failure for the US despite what all the smart geopoliticians say. I see no downside to fomenting the regime's collapse at a point of weakness and uncertainty despite what SK wants.

Getting rid of another rouge state might be a good way for W to ride out of town. Just saying.

Tell me where I am wrong.

Posted by JAB 2008-09-10 03:38|| 2008-09-10 03:38|| Front Page Top

#5 They haven't got any nukes, they have some fissile material, but their one gun-type gravity bomb fizzled and everyone knows it.

Posted by Snakes Thutle9467 2008-09-10 08:42|| 2008-09-10 08:42|| Front Page Top

#6 SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is believed to be recovering from recent surgery, South Korea's spy agency said Wednesday, as the communist nation rejected reports questioning Kim's health as a "conspiracy plot."

Speculation has intensified that Kim may have taken ill after he missed a parade Tuesday commemorating the communist state's founding 60 years ago. That followed weeks of being absent from public view and rumors that foreign doctors were brought to the isolated nation to possibly treat him.

On Wednesday, South Korea's National Intelligence Service reported to a parliamentary committee that it obtained intelligence reports showing Kim recently had surgery for an unspecified circulatory problem, and his condition had much improved, an agency official said. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity citing office policy, did not elaborate.

South Korea's Yonhap news agency, citing lawmakers briefed by the spy agency, reported that the 66-year-old Kim suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, but he remains conscious and "is able to control the situation." The NIS also reported to lawmakers that Kim is in a "recoverable and manageable condition," and that the North is not in a "power vacuum," Yonhap said. NIS officials said they could not confirm the Yonhap report.

Posted by tu3031 2008-09-10 10:28|| 2008-09-10 10:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Prolly just a real bad case of the shakes after Kimmie ran out of cognac...

Posted by Raj 2008-09-10 10:57|| 2008-09-10 10:57|| Front Page Top

#8 A scene in Kim's Palace:

Dong: "Hey, Ro! He's drooling again!"
Ro: "Damn!"
Dong: "Maybe we should glue his lips together, huh?"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-09-10 12:16|| 2008-09-10 12:16|| Front Page Top

#9 It would be nice of the CIA if they could slip him some pollonium before he died.

Amusin' confusion provided they don't get caught.

Posted by flash91 2008-09-10 16:50|| 2008-09-10 16:50|| Front Page Top

#10 REDDIT > seems KIM may had suffered a SERIOUS CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE, but survived and is presently in stable condition???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-09-10 22:48|| 2008-09-10 22:48|| Front Page Top

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