Kim Jong Unstable

Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Brat of North Korea, has been making a lot of fuss about war in recent weeks. It all started back in early March, when the U.N. Security Council unanimously passed new sanctions on the reclusive state. The ruler of this starving, bankrupted nation was deeply offended and angered when these sanctions on luxury yachts and jewelry were approved. Kim Jong was Unamused North Korea responded to the sanctions by cutting of contact with South Korea across the Demilitarized Zone, or DMZ. 

After a little while, the North started up a new line of rhetoric, saying that it reserved the right of a preemptive strike on the United States, and that it would turn Seoul, the capital of South Korea, into a "sea of fire". 

North Korea continued acting out, having military drills and reopening nuclear plants.  On March 11, the North Korean army declared that the armistice treaty that put a pause on the Korean War, to be "invalid," and that the North had entered a "state of war" with the South. Recently, Little Kim, as he is known to the news media, had missiles moved to the east coast of the country, pointed toward the United States. 

This week, North Korea reported that the "moment of explosion" was soon approaching. Russian officials have been in close contact with South Korea, Japan, the US, and the UK, after the North Korean government told them that the Russian and other foreign embassies will not be able to be protected after April 10th.  

North Korean missiles are not expected by anyone to reach the United States, but South Korea and Japan are a much different story. I, personally, don't find it likely that the North would carry out any military action, because China has condemned the idea. You see, on the international stage, North Korea is like a spoiled toddler, and China is its mom. If, however, Kim Jong Unafraid decides to fully embrace the Juche idea of self-reliance that North Korea is founded on, and carry out a strike on any of its neighbors, it will be the end of the Kim dynasty, and the Koreas will most likely be reunified. The joint US-South Korean forces located in South Korea will gain control of the country, and China will probably be too overwhelmed with refugees to stop it. We Americans would then be able to retry what we planned for the Iraq war: take out the evil dictator, put the good guys in charge, and get out.

My favorite part of this whole series of events has been when Anonymus, the computer network hacker group, actually hacked the North Korean government. That goes to show how powerful Anonymus is. They hacked the government's network, put ridiculous pictures on the state media sites, and even recovered 1500 email addresses from state officials. 

(This is a pretty awesome picture that Anonymus posted)