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21. I don't know how true it is, but it does help boost his scary factor as a dictator if you believe it

Fri Jan 3, 2014, 06:50 PM

Jan 2014

Which I'm going to guess is the main reason the Chinese paper reported the rumor. It cost China nothing to spread the rumor, which my gut says they did with a wink and a nod to Kim Jong Un. I didn't keep up with how the two countries talks were going this summer, but I'm pretty sure neither one was willing to give the other too much. This cost China nothing to toss out there as speculation.

Of course I'm totally guessing, but at a glance it looks pretty thin to me. I mean, it's not as if Kim Jong Un would try and keep something like this a secret if it were true. Not when spreading fear helps cement his image as a scary and unpredictable ruler, who just so happens to be waving his nukes around in a bid for national attention. I wouldn't be surprised if he was having a tantrum because his execution of his uncle didn't earn him the reaction from the western world he wanted and so he decided to ratchet it up a bit.

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Whoa...if this is true then N. Korea is out of control... [View all] PCIntern Jan 2014 OP

NK is way out of control, not just started. Rex Jan 2014 #1

Not good... PCIntern Jan 2014 #2

A horrible conflict, but it would be terribly one-sided. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2014 #6

Yes and the scary thing is China is the only nation Rex Jan 2014 #12

axis of evil, maybe? Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #11

China will have to do something about NK eventually. Rex Jan 2014 #14

While KJU is mad as a hatter, this doesn't pass the smell test for me. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2014 #3

I believe the point is that since this was PCIntern Jan 2014 #4

Agreed. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2014 #7

Not just the uncle, the uncle and 5 aides. We may never know if this is true. stevenleser Jan 2014 #25

What would have made the story way more awesome would have been if Vinnie From Indy Jan 2014 #29

Stop making me laugh at something so gruesome! NBachers Jan 2014 #34

Couldn't we just ask Rodman for confirmation? Earth_First Jan 2014 #5

I 120-dog-dare you to do that! nt PCIntern Jan 2014 #8

That would be: I "vigincentuple" dog dare you. Glassunion Jan 2014 #15

Thread win, just for utter geekyness. nt longship Jan 2014 #33

I was told he threw his uncle into a shark tank. wait. no...that's not it. Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #9

Fire Ants with freakin' lasers on their heads. n/t A HERETIC I AM Jan 2014 #24

If true, it shows that Kim Jong Un is old school. Kaleva Jan 2014 #10

I heard he was strapped to a chair onethatcares Jan 2014 #13

I would too davidpdx Jan 2014 #38

to the contrary, such extreme measures communicate that it is very much geek tragedy Jan 2014 #16

Dognado CreekDog Jan 2014 #17

that made me laugh Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #26

I heard they were also dumping babies out of incubators Alamuti Lotus Jan 2014 #18

There must be some mistake here. lpbk2713 Jan 2014 #19

But the story doesn't say who let the dogs out jberryhill Jan 2014 #20

DAMN!!! DUZY!!! lolol Pretzel_Warrior Jan 2014 #27

I don't know how true it is, but it does help boost his scary factor as a dictator if you believe it herding cats Jan 2014 #21

I highly doubt this. Why go to all that trouble when a single bullet accomplishes the same thing? Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #22

Yes, it's silly to think a dictator would waste money by requesting impractical things CreekDog Jan 2014 #28

Remember Saddam Hussein's alleged shredder? Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #31

just round them up Niceguy1 Jan 2014 #36

The uncle and 5 aides were executed at once. That is only 20 dogs per criminal. FarCenter Jan 2014 #37

Sound like one of those Batman scenarios goldent Jan 2014 #40

That's just sick Packerowner740 Jan 2014 #23

The crazy bastard also made the uncle and others Vinnie From Indy Jan 2014 #30

A lot of people are skeptical about this. AngryOldDem Jan 2014 #32

There are not that many dogs in NK lordsummerisle Jan 2014 #35

The story about the dogs is probably not true davidpdx Jan 2014 #39

This story originated from a satirical post to a social media site Fumesucker Jan 2014 #41

The reports I've read said "probably machine gun", so I suspect it's not true. Donald Ian Rankin Jan 2014 #42