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Old 08-27-10, 04:39 PM   #16
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Kim Jong Il's trip spurs succession speculation

CHANGCHUN, China (AP) -- North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il reportedly met top Chinese leaders on Friday in an apparent bid for Beijing's diplomatic and financial support for a succession plan involving his third and youngest son, who is said to be traveling with him.

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Old 08-27-10, 04:44 PM   #17
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that actually makes a lot of sense.
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Old 08-27-10, 04:52 PM   #18
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Is this why Jimmy Carter entered and left NK so easily? Or was it his 1978 speach about our inordinate fear of communism? Like Obama's speach about Islam being misunderstood?

The Carter failure analogy narative continues.
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Is this why Jimmy Carter entered and left NK so easily? Or was it his 1978 speach about our inordinate fear of communism?
According to the current constitution of the DPRK, North Korea is not a communist state.
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Hmmm..

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In 1998 they removed all reference to Marxism-Leninism from their Constitution.

Which means... I have no idea...
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excellent and do not know....

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Which means... I have no idea...
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In 1998 they removed all reference to Marxism-Leninism from their Constitution.

Which means... I have no idea...
Juche is probably as good a word as any.
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In 1998 they removed all reference to Marxism-Leninism from their Constitution.

Which means... I have no idea...
Because Dear Leader invented Marxism. Or is it Kimism?
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Because Dear Leader invented Marxism. Or is it Kimism?
Kimilsungism which was invented by the Eternal Leader, Kimjongilism was invented by the Dear Leader.

I'm not making this stuff up!

See Platapus knows what I'm talking about!
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Do you feel guilty,

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Kimilsungism which was invented by the Eternal Leader, Kimjongilism was invented by the Dear Leader.

I'm not making this stuff up!

See Platapus knows what I'm talking about!
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I have spent a "few" years studying Juche and its policies.
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For China, this is an issue of having, at minimum, stability for its neighbor," he sa

He had not many other options to add the text to big brother
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Report: Kim Jong Il has met with Chinese president Hu

(CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Il may have met with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Friday, South Korea's official news agency reported.

An unnamed South Korean official said government intelligence indicated that Kim and Hu met on Friday in the northeastern Chinese city of Changchun, according to the Yonhap News Agency.

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