tweakabelle -> RE: Is the fat fuck bluffing again about capabilities? (8/13/2017 1:49:27 AM)
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I posted this on another thread but it seems just as relevant here: It's very easy to dismiss Kim as 'batshit crazy' but I am not sure it's a clever thing to do. Kim, with his ridiculous haircut and those awful suits might look the part to us, but remember he's playing to a domestic audience, not us. From a North Korean perspective his actions make a lot of sense. Their goal is regime survival and he doesn't have many cards to play with. There's no economy to speak of, he has no friends outside of the country and probably a lot of ambitious underlings he needs to keep in check. Keeping the US=bad guy thing happening is not that different to the paranoia of Trump's singling out Muslims and Mexicans as foreign enemies who want to intrude into the sacred national space. It keeps the country united behind him, and offers the possibility of eventually getting a Peace and Non-Aggression Pact which would ensure his and the country's survival for a while. Not to mention lots of financial sweeteners to make sure the deal sticks. He sees nuclear weapons as the ultimate guarantee of his and NK's survival. And he is very mindful of what happened to other dictators with nuclear ambitions who gave up their nuclear option without a fight - Ghaddafi Saddam Hussein ..... they're all dead now. There's method in his madness, so don't be quick to dismiss it. The North Koreans have perfected the art of brinkmanship, but haven't allowed things to boil over into full on conflict for over half a century. And don't forget that from where he sits, Trump is just as crazy ... and there are lots of level headed Westerners who share that particular opinion. Another poster pointed out that some people think Kim's image is deliberately styled to resemble his father's and grandfather's appearance. His grandfather is eulogised as the 'Father of the Country', which counts for a lot in a hierarchical, traditional Confucian society like North Korea.
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