If Kim Jong Un gets rid of his nukes, he’s basically signing his own death warrant

If Kim Jong Un gets rid of his nukes, he’s basically signing his own death warrant

Kim Jong Un
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives for the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area, Thursday, April 13, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea.
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has unilaterally decided to discuss denuclearization with the US, but seriously pursuing that line could end in his ouster and death.
  • Dictators like Kim run the risk of violent upheavals, as the North Korean people do not have legal recourse or any nonviolent method to change their leadership.
  • Whether or not Kim disarms, when North Korea becomes open for business, newly empowered North Koreans may rise up against the leader that has imprisoned and killed so many for political reasons.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made headlines for his diplomatic offensive, expressing unprecedented openness to talking to the US and exploring denuclearization.

But if Kim is serious about getting rid of his country’s nuclear weapons, and many doubt that he is, he opens himself up to the same fate that’s befallen many US foes and deposed dictators — a fall from power, and potentially his own death.

Perhaps no more vivid example of the fate that awaits dictators exists than the video of Muammar Gaddafi’s death in Libya in 2011. Gaddafi voluntarily gave up Libya’s chemical weapons caches in 2003 in exchange for easing of sanctions and international pressure on his regime.

In 2011, when Libya erupted in civil war, the US along with NATO allies peppered targets and forces loyal to Gaddafi, and within six months, the one-time ruler was beaten in the streets, killed, and had his body defiled with a soldier’s bayonet……more here

 

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