Happy Birthday Dear Leader

It is almost Kim Jong-Il's Birthday, and strangely enough one of my goals when I leave the Military is to go to Pyongyang as a tourist. Why Pyongyang? Why not, I am interested to see how a total cult of personality has been able to control one country for years, rendering every citizen a loyal unquestioning citizen believing in the Juche ideal. I know several people who have been and they say it is one trip you will never forget (It will tough to beat my Mongolia experience.) Actually a couple of my fellow journos have invited me along to the Chosun Soren festivities tomorrow, which as much as I want to attend won't be able to, as I would have a hard time explaining things to my current employers. Not only did I look forward to free food and beer in honor of the dear leader, i could have met all the representatives from some of the more dodgier countries with embassies in Tokyo, I had actually planned on passing myself off as the Japan correspondant from the Daily Rhodesian, Southern Africa's most respected news daily. So what if Rhodesia ended it's existance over 20 something years ago. Anyhow here's a good link if you want to watch the daily newscast of N Korean TV. Even if you can't speak Korean it's good for a laugh. Damn I'm missing out on free beer.

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