tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093094753419569743.post3073619499211446200..comments2023-06-12T12:55:20.211+01:00Comments on Styx: It's Kim Jong-Il's Birthday - Hurrah - Or Perhaps NotPaulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02371850435667108476noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093094753419569743.post-84424576099686000232011-02-17T22:01:52.277+00:002011-02-17T22:01:52.277+00:00Well I rather think that in this case, they are ap...Well I rather think that in this case, they are aping the USSR's military history. Remember that the soviets used to goose-step, and of course the North Koreans' silly hats are exact copies of those used fifty years ago by the Red Army.<br /><br />I note with interest that Kim Jong-Il's deeply unattractive third son (no doubt born on a mountain at the end of a rainbow) has been made a four-star general. I suppose that soon he will be seen in a uniform smothered in scrambled egg with medals extending down to his nadgers!Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371850435667108476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7093094753419569743.post-28031215986417248772011-02-17T02:54:16.977+00:002011-02-17T02:54:16.977+00:00What is it about third world dictatorships that th...What is it about third world dictatorships that the more tin-pot they are the more they ape the Wests military traditions?<br /> <br />What's with the silly uniforms, the absurd array of medals (in a country that has not been at war since the 1950's) and, not least, the silly goose-step?<br /><br />Seems Kims successor son has been identified because he alone is permitted to copy dad in wearing a (silly) fur cap with earmuffs like something from the Monty P. Lumberjack sketch.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.com