(February 28, 2017 at 6:41 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Kim's half brother apparently was 'insurance' for mainland China in that he was pliable and sympathetic to their interests and in a scenario where North Korea needed a new and improved leader, available.
That Kim had him offed, I'd think China would have wished they had guarded their investment a little better, as the assassination demonstrates their need was quite real and significantly impaired now.
You're just repeating talking points or have you actually looked at the guy's biography? He spent his whole life gambling at Macao and other special economy zones. He was nothing like a political hope. Just a playboy living the high life. The most interesting part about him is where he got his money from.