Threat Axis

(it was a bad pun – but my fingers couldn’t resist)

North Korea has been quiet for some time – too quiet some would say.  Last month – the N Korean’s stopped working on disabling their reactor at Yongbyon – when the US didn’t remove NK from a list of states that supports terrorism.

Then – about 48 hours ago – an Australian news organization publishes a story from a Japanese International Relations professor – saying Kim Jong Il has been dead for nearly 5 years.  And any appearances since that point have been carefully staged with body doubles.

[follow the link above - the story has a 2003 picture and a 2008 picture.  The changes between the two are believable for a 60+ year old man.]

This morning – mainstream media (Reuters, NYT, CNN, etc) took this story a step further – saying Kim Jong was seriously ill.  Not dead – yet.  But serious ill – possibly due to a stroke.  Buried below the fold if you will – there was some concern about who was actually running the country today – and even once Kim Jong goes to join his father – Kim Il-Sung.

For all we know – Kim Jong is in the same clinic that Fidel Castro is – and they are both getting pedicures from Elvis.