Earlier today, Bruce reported that one of the truly great liberators, a voice of moral clarity on a confused continent, passed.
Just moments ago, on Facebook, Glenn Reynolds reported that on the other side of the Eurasian landmass, a man who was very much the opposite of Vaclev Havel met his reward: “Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died.”
Havel was one of the first leaders of a nation that has long languished under communism. Kim is a leader of one of the last nations still beholden to the communist ideology. For the sake of the people on the northern half of the Korean peninsula, let us hope the regime he headed will suffer the fate of the regime Havel helped bring down.
Biden’s already having the jet warmed-up for the funeral….
We will learn soon enough if the new Dear Leader Kim Jong Un has consolidated the long knives behind him and is ruthless enough to carve his own hold on power.
Perhaps, though, he would be happier with his Swiss bank account and living in the South of France where most hereditary dictators finally end up.
I’ll not miss, Kim Jong Il, at all.
well, perhaps we can hope something will happen to China. You know, that communist regime with over 1B people where just about everything for the US is made these days?
Kevin, from the post, “Kim is a leader of one of the last nations still beholden to the communist ideology.” By that I meant to imply that while China is a de jure Communist nation, its society is no longer beholden to the communist ideology.