Since the Korean War in the 1950s there have been major tensions between North
Korea and the USA despite many warnings Kim jong-un has expanded North Korea's
nuclear capabilities more and more one senior White House official recently
said after 20 years nothing has failed to stop the North Korean nuclear program
he said for 20 years we've had diplomacy and sanctions but it's done nothing to
stop them the Obama White House even calls North Korea every single day but
every day they rejected the call history was made recently when US President
Trump and Kim jong-un met up the purpose of the visit was to reduce North Korea's
nuclear testing but since then that has not worked and they keep shooting
missiles over South Korea and Japan many foreign policy forecasters now expect
Kim jong-un may be taken out but what would be the implications of this would
North Korea turn into a total democracy and a paradise if kim drennan was taken
out who would be the new leader and how would it be done today we're going to
look at exactly that I'm Charlie and today we're going to look at what if Kim
jong-un was assassinated but before we get into it why not subscribe and press
the notification bell - it's no secret the US government is looking for an
alternative way to deal with North Korean after all North Korea has done
six nucular tests most of them in 2016 and 2017 these tests have implemented
many sanctions but Kim jong-un does not seem to care these sanctions mainly
affect poor people in the country of North Korea not the wealthy elite so
that's why Washington may be changing their strategy in 2018 Business Insider
reported Kim jong-un is extremely afraid of assassination and he was even mocked
worldwide for his high levels of security at the summit in Singapore to
meet trunk but would the USA really assassinate a fellow world leader before
the Cold War the USA would do this a lot that was until President Gerald our
fault he passed an executive order saying no
employee of the United States government should engage in or conspire to engage
in political assassination this law was then solidified by his successor
President Ronald Reagan but while it is technically illegal it doesn't mean that
you can't overthrow countries for example in 2011 the USA
helped the people of Libya to assassinate Mahama
al Qaddafi and also in times of crisis executive orders can be overwritten but
if the USA or another country assassinated Kim jong-un would this
solve North Korea's problems well if Kim jong-un was assassinated the
chances are we would have war with North Korea
they have many nuclear missiles which could take out Seoul South Korea and
Tokyo Japan it's also thought they may be able to send nuclear missiles to
Europe and even the USA of course many North Koreans do live in fear but
they've also been brainwashed to love their leaders for example when Kim
jong-il passed away people were crying in the streets now they were forced to
do this but many genuinely were sad because they see these people as higher
beings without their supreme leader they may think life is not worth living so
why not take out the entire world in the process many really are loyal to Kim
jong-un citizens and also in the government and assassinating him would
definitely be an act of war they'd also be scared for their country
so that would likely take out the US military bases in South Korea but if Kim
jong-un was assassinated who would replace him as the leader of North Korea
Kim jong-un does have a brother Kim jong-nam
that he actually assassinated him in Malaysia so he won't be taking over Kim
jong-un is rumored to have three children one is a girl named Kim Joo a
and the others are a mystery and we don't know how old they are but they are
too young to lead and this is why many experts say that Kim's sister kim
yo-jong would take over the reins if Kim jong-un was assassinated she is said to
be as unpredictable as her brother whenever Kim jong-un his circle wants
vacation she takes over running the country and many say she is basically
his chief of staff meaning she has incredible power as it is if anything
happened to her brother or her country she would retaliate with nuclear force
so simply by assassinating Kim jong-un it would not turn North Korea into a
democracy if Kim's sister didn't take over then the government could collapse
entirely this could send North Korea into a civil war perhaps between the
elite generals of the country and the farm workers and poor citizens north
korea has incredible instability as it is and the civil war would be a human
Terry and disaster the North Korean economy is down the toilet this is
partly because of the trade embargoes and sanctions and also because they
dumped a lot of money into nuclear weapons neglecting the people's real
needs their agriculture is also very stalled and in the event of a civil war
this would likely come to a total end this could mean everyone would need to
leave North Korea and go to countries with food for example South Korea and
China so even though Kim jong-un is a terrible dictator he is the one thing
keeping North Korea together if he was taken out the country could be even
worse than it is right now from history we can learn that for an intervention is
never a good thing just look at many countries in the Middle East for example
you may think taking out a brutal dictator would make all the problems go
away but as has been proven time and time
again that's just not how the world works it's more nuanced than that but
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