North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il is Dead

By Douglas V. Gibbs

The mighty has fallen. North Korea's leader, Kim Jon Il, has died at the age of 69. Will his son be a benevolent leader? Or feel he has something to prove as he takes over the dictatorship?

Kim Jong II is nuttier than dad. This young, inexperienced, not-military punk is going to feel he has to show everyone he is up to the job, and may very well create a crisis.

Young and dumb with his finger on a nuclear trigger.

This is not good.

Kim Jong Il's death was reported by North Korean state television. Il came to power when his father died in 1994.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, 69, has died - Associated Press