Comments on: North Korea’s Kim Jong II Diagnosed With Pancreatic Cancer http://themoderatevoice.com/39064/north-koreas-kim-jong-ii-diagnosed-with-pancreatic-cancer/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:11:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: MReynolds http://themoderatevoice.com/39064/north-koreas-kim-jong-ii-diagnosed-with-pancreatic-cancer/comment-page-1/#comment-193962 MReynolds Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:57:39 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/?p=39064#comment-193962 I hope it's just whipping up nationalist fervor. Kim ended up choosing the youngest of three sons as heir. And he may not be thrilled with number three. <br><br>I worry that Kim is king with a dying dynasty. And that he may not be too comfortable in that role. It wouldn't just be his failure, but the failure of his father Kim Il Sung. Megalomaniacs with shattered dreams of immortality do crazy things. Think Hitler in the bunker. I hope it's just whipping up nationalist fervor. Kim ended up choosing the youngest of three sons as heir. And he may not be thrilled with number three.

I worry that Kim is king with a dying dynasty. And that he may not be too comfortable in that role. It wouldn't just be his failure, but the failure of his father Kim Il Sung. Megalomaniacs with shattered dreams of immortality do crazy things. Think Hitler in the bunker.

]]>