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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Nim: [QB] Here are some recent, depressing insights from CIA director Leon Panetta: [QUOTE]Regarding another nuclear "rogue" state -- North Korea -- Panetta said the question of who will succeed leader Kim Jong Il is likely behind recent military acts such as the alleged sinking of a South Korean navy ship. "I think that could have been part of it, in order to establish credibility for his son," Panetta said of a likely successor, adding: "His son is very young. His son is very untested. His son is loyal to his father and to North Korea, but his son does not have the kind of credibility with the military, because nobody really knows what he's going to be like." However, Panetta said he doubted there would be further escalation, noting that "in the end, they always back away from the brink, and I think they'll do that now."[/QUOTE]I don't mean that avoiding a war with potentially horrendous collateral damage is depressing, but if things are like Panetta says, NK is criminally cynical. Blowing up a ship with a hundred men onboard, just to groom your heir in the eyes of his peers (counting on never being held accountable for it), that's pretty [i]damn[/i] nasty. That's something out of the first 15 minutes of a Bond movie, pardon the black/white analogy. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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