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| N.Korea's Old Guard Sidelined |
| 2013-12-27 |
| The old guard in the North Korean military appears to have been replaced by a younger generation of officers loyal to leader Several elderly hardliners from the days of former leader Kim Jong-il were conspicuously absent from a ceremony at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on Tuesday to mark the 22nd anniversary of Kim senior's appointment as supreme commander. A photo of the event published by the official KCNA news agency shows a new troika of powerful officers -- military politburo chief Choe Ryong-hae, army chief Ri Yong-gil, and armed forces minister Jang Jong-nam. But conspicuous by their absence were veterans of the "military-first" like era National Defense Commission members Kim Yong-chun, Ri Yong-mu, O Kuk-ryol and Hyon Chol-hae, as well as key members of the old guard who were close to Jang, including Minister of People's Security Choe Bu-il. The photo has raised speculation that the National Defense Commission, which was the most powerful decision-making body during the Kim Jong-il regime, has now grown weaker. Although Kim Jong-un is the chairman of the National Defense Commission, the execution of Jang, its vice chairman, has apparently forced other vice chairmen -- Kim Yong-chun, Ri Yong-mu and O Kuk-ryol -- into virtual retirement. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #2 Its to be expected - Late Big Daddy Jong-Il had his Boyz, now also does Pudgy. KJU is repor tightening Regime control over NOKOR's economy, which I suspect is more due to China's increasing predominance than starvation or hunger amongst the NOKOR mainstream. Iff my beliefs prove correct, + FYI I see nothing to indicate otherwise, TIME MAY BE RUNNING OUT FOR THE US + ROK, ETAL. TO AVOID MAJOR CONFLICT AGZ CHINA ON KOREAN PENINSULA, + EXCLUSIVE OR SEPARATE FROM ANYTHING VEE CHINA-VS-JAPAN IN THE EAST CHINA SEA. The underlying base has always been iff NOKOR = KJU/Pudgy can hold out ALAP AMAP vee the Nukes + Reunification issues - THE CLOCK IS RUNNING OUT FOR THE US + ROK, ETAL BECAUSE THE CLOCK IS RUNNING OUT FOR KJU + KIM FAMILY's, REGIME'S ABILITY TO PREVENT OR FORESTALL DOMESTIC/NATIONAL COLLAPSE + CONSEQUENT CHINA-N-ONLY-CHINA TAKEOVER OF NORTH KOREA. We may be seeing the end of "NORTH-KOREA-FOR-NORTH-KOREANS/KOREANS" in favor of "NORTH-KOREA-FOR-CHINA/CHINESE", + by extension the end of NOKOR-brand Communism-socialism in favor of Chinese brand of Communism-Socialism - iff KJU can't hold out, the only way to stop China's takeover of the North is via military conflict = "KOREAN WAR II"??? Iff KJU + Regime = North Korea gets truly desperate, he may not be willing to wait for de facto China-Japan war to occur on its own - KJU MAY FIND A WAY TO START ANTI-CHINA WAR BY HIMSELF. OR BY PCORRECT THIRD-PARTY PROXY - IMO READ, WE'RE-SUPPOSED-TO-BE-THE-WORLD'S-FIRST ISLAMIC/MUSLIM-SUPERPOWER-NOT-IRAN, NUKE-ARMED PAKISTAN, likely as per diversionary China-vs-India war. Iff KJU can't hold on, the solution for the US-Allies would be MORE NOKOR AID + SUPPORT FOR FASTER INDIGENOUS DEV OF NOKOR NUKES, TO INCLUD OPTION FOR THIRD-PARTY = FOREIGN DELIVERY OF NUKES TO KJU + REGIME. Yes, the above is most certainly crazy or dangerous, but the alternative is that SOKOR, etal. see China formally annex the North. JUST ANOTHER NE ASIA CRISIS FOR CAROLINE KENNEDY. [WILSON PHILIPS "HOLD ON" MTV Video, "CATCH 22" MOVIE here]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-12-27 20:49 |
| #1 ...meet the new boss - same as the old boss...regrettably, we will get fooled again... |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2013-12-27 18:10 |