…suggests those recent reports of missing portraits of the Dear Leader in North Korea may be psy-ops from the outside. Scroll down for this and other interesting posts including news of a Japanese porn star (okay, go there first).
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1. ambisinistral:I’m shocked to discover there is porn on the internet. Ummm… what was this thread about again?
Nov 28, 2004 - 8:27 pm 2. richard mcenroe:Lemme get this straight รณ Ai Iijima was in the missing Kim Jong Il portraits? Does that mean I need copies of them to complete my collection?
Nov 28, 2004 - 8:53 pm 3. yellowking:It’s not a Psy-Ops campaign. NK diplomats have reportedly stopped wearing their “Dear Leader” pins when visiting China.
Nov 29, 2004 - 6:57 am 4. Sun-Tzu:Psyops directed at whom?
Personally, I thought it far more likely that at least some of the effort was designed to draw out internal dissension from within North Korea.
IF you believe that some 10% of the generals, a number of ambassadors, etc., have defected over the past two years, and IF you believe that North Korea’s food situation is in even worse shape for this winter than it has been in recent years, then it makes sense: Find internal weaknesses cracks in the facade, and eliminate them.
Might this be egged on by external psy-ops? Sure. Consider the longstanding claim that Reinhard Gehlen, head of the German intelligence services, deliberately planted documents that led to Stalin’s purging of the Red Army in the 1930s, effectively decapitating the top military leadership on the eve of war.
Nov 29, 2004 - 8:53 am