Kim Jong Il, the North Korean DICtator, should die – or at the very least be overthrown.
Why do I say this? Because no one in North Korea is allowed to. Oh, and because I think that he, and the entire regime that props him up, is a fascist pig on the same scale as Hitler. Hell, there are 200,000 political prisoners, and you can be jailed just for saying “I’m not so sure I like our dear leader.”
Here is the evidence. The following video comprises a CNN report called “North Korea Undercover in the Secret State“. Warning: this is NOT for children, and proves what Frederick Douglass said 150 years ago:
“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them.”
The video includes a number of hidden camera videos including actual public executions for helping people escape from North Korea, and depictions of the results of famine. Allowing Kim Jong Il and his criminal government to stay in power is the equivalent of allowing the mafia to own and control an entire country.
What bothers me so much is that people in every free country around the world, and especially the US, turn a blind eye to dictators like this. In the 1960s the CIA would have provided huge resources to resistance within North Korea. Where are they today? If my mother wasn’t reading this article, I’d call them a very nasty name…
What do you want the U.S. to do? Invade? Last time we invaded a country that was a threat to us people freaked out.
John i agree with this post but there are several others who are not as far from him.For example our President Pervez Musharaf.Who got himself elected when he was military chief.And he has done a lot in the past year.I hope u know about him too.People in Pakistan want him to go but he isn’t.Although his powers are reduced now but he is still around.
In many countries it’s illegal to “deny” the holocoust. Will you be denying the holocoust in your next post?
What i want to say is that it’s not only in North Korea they have a “limitied freedom of speach”, it’s almost everywhere. For example, Germany of today has more political prisoners than DDR had in eighties, still we think of DDR as a non-free communist regime, but of todays Germany as a free democratic state.
Sorry if my english isn’t perfect.
Disgusting and psychotic. More than a hat tip for this article John. And OddsTrader  this post is about cruelty. Exposure of this has relevance to any similar regimes.
But Germany is a bad example — they don’t execute people. Let alone publicly.
What do you want to do?
First, I want the CIA to undermine his regime like the old CIA of the 1950′s would have done.
Next, I want to have a president like Regan or Kennedy who has the balls to stand in front of a world stage and call Kim Jong Il out for his crimes against humanity.
Americans are often so comfortable in our freedom that we forget the suffering of others. I’m not saying that we should be the world’s policeman, but we have an obligation to continue to espouse the benefits of freedom as long as we live as free people.
John
Sam,
I’ve heard a little about the situation in Pakistan, but not much. I’m sorry if you are currently living under any sort of regime that was not elected as a result of a fair and representative vote. But unlike the North Koreans at least you have access to the Internet and a phone! :-)
All governments have their problems, but a democratically elected form of government is still superior to any other form – by far.
john
I don’t even understand that comment. Of course I won’t be denying that Hitler slaughtered millions of people. What the hell gave you that idea?
I have been a very outspoken critic of communist and dictatorial regimes for a long time. Heck, this blog is banned in China, and I wouldn’t dare step foot in that country after the things I’ve written here.
Any time there is a situation where people lack the freedom to say what is on their mind you can expect to see me rebuke the leadership of that country. Freedom of speech is the most powerful of all, and the freedom most worth protecting.
John P.
A very thought provoking post and an excellent quote from a great American, Frederick Douglass who also said “The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.”
It is my opinion that the elected, “representative” government of our United States is systematically destroying our ability to act with any collective morality. This destruction now erodes the ability to preserve our own security, or to establish the security of any other peoples. We as individuals are certainly able to retain and espouse the core principles of honesty, truth, and virtue. At the same time, our government seems to, on our behalf, ignore these fundamental tennants of “security”. I believe this goes to answer your legitimate question of “where are they today?”
As my son (Daniel) prepares for his second tour of duty in Iraq, I grow increasingly weary of an unlawful invasion and occupation, entered into under the righteous banner of “the war on terror”, and now sustained under a banner which should read “the war for natural resources”. I am confident that if North Korea possessed the abundance of resources that are found in the Middle East, his next deployment would be to the 38th parallel.
Wow, was my english that bad? :) What i meant was that you said that Kimg Jong Il must die, and the reason you said so is because it’s illegal to say it in North Korea.
In Germany it is illegal to say that you don’t believe Hitler killed six million jews in the concentration camps. Therefore i asked you if you in your next blog post will say that you don’t believe in the holocaust – just because it is illegal to say so in Germany.
I hope i made myself more clear now.
I’m also for freedom of speech. For everyone. Even the craziest people with the weirdest opinions. Freedom of speech is one of the most – if not the most – important things in a working democracy.
But we (as we in the western democratic world) very easily “attack” countries far away for being undemocratic, when we in Europa has a lot of laws that goes totally against freedom of speech. For example, read about Vlaams Blok. They were the biggest, or the second biggest (facts seem to differ), party in Belgium – and they got forbidden! That’s a shame for a country calling themselves a democracy.
Take care.