The USA really needs to just assasinate him and put Korean Americans or South Koreans in power. Kill all those loyal Kim and install a US military base long term incase there is an issue.
Btw, found an official NK newspaper that is published online, the articles are the most absurd propaganda I've ever seen and provide a great laugh: http://rodong.rep.kp/en/index.php The DPRK is sure of its final victory in its showdown with the U.S. The Korean war in the 20th century brought about the beginning of a downhill turn for the U.S. but the one in the 21st century will end in the final doom of the U.S. The foolhardy maneuvers of the puppet forces are reminiscent of a puppy knowing no fear of the tiger. The U.S. and the south Korean warlike forces must not run riot, bearing in mind that their provocations will only lead them to self-destruction. The U.S. has occupied south Korea for over 70 years, mercilessly trampling down the aspiration and demand of the south Korean people for independence, democracy and reunification and buckling down to preserving its colonial rule over it. This impudent act should never be pardoned. The colonial rule that divided the territory of Korea and the homogeneous Korean nation into two and inflicted unbearable pain upon the Koreans is bound to collapse by the united struggle of Koreans in the north and the south and abroad. The past five years are shining as the greatest heyday of the Juche revolution and a period of new prosperity in the era of the Workers' Party of Korea during which the DPRK won miraculous victories and made leaps forward in all fields despite the U.S. and its vassal forces' worst-ever political, economic and military pressure and blockade. Today the Korean army and people's trust in their leader has reached its height and the harmonious whole of the Party and the masses has been consolidated as firm as rock, which is something unprecedented. All servicepersons and civilians are filled with a will to trust and remain loyal to the Party to the end. This firmly guarantees the victorious advance of Korean-style socialism. As the army and people's trust in the Party grows deeper, the vitality and strength of the Party become inexhaustible and the gigantic advance of the Korean revolution will win a victory after another by dint of the single-minded unity. Their deepest trust in the Party is a brilliant fruition of the popular masses-first policy pursued by Kim Jong Un. Their absolute trust in the great Party serves as tremendous power of bringing about all miracles and victories in socialist Korea and the source of working miracles in the building of a socialist power in the era of Mallima.
I just don't see a good outcome. This is like an entire nation of Branch Dividians, with much more firepower, just ready to set everything on fire and take as many nearby nations with them as possible. There is no taking over a cult. There is no "assassinate the leader and everything will be fine." These folks have been living, eating and breathing strange propaganda now for their entire lives. There just aren't many people left in DPRK who could remember the pre Kim Il Sung days. China wants to de-escalate things, but I don't think they want to deal with rebuilding that broken nation state or a flood of starving, half-crazed refugees if the regime fell. I hope every day I'm really wrong about all this.
Just start doing missions air dropping Texas BBQ to the local population with notes saying that if they successfully rise up against their leader they get more of it. 2 weeks later, the Kim dynasty ends and the Korean peninsula is re-unified.
Not really relevant to a discussion of "what to do" (implicit: NOW), but I'll answer your question: the entire world, from the end of the Korean War until right now, has in some sense "let" the DPRK accumulate and build a substantial military. I know you wanted to say "Obama!1!" but that is just one tiny piece of a full and honest answer.
Honestly, Korean BBQ can be pretty damned good. But I like the idea, give or take depleting our own supply of Texas BBQ.
I would of said Clinton, not Obama. When Iran is repeating these steps in 4-5 yrs then we can say 'Obama'.
Well it was meant as a joke, and Korean BBQ is actually pretty good, but in North Korea most of the population has never even tasted beef before.....Imagine how amazing it would be if the first time you ever tasted beef it was a really properly done brisket or beef rib? Hell even giving them South Korean BBQ might be enough to do the trick. All I've heard of North Korean cuisine is pretty rough.
