KIM JONG UN
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Amanda Black
Mr. Miles
Honors Composition
9 January 2015
Kim Jongun
Kim Jongun’s father, Kim Jongil, was the former military leader of North Korea. Upon
Jongil’s death in 2011, Kim Jongun was named the new military leader (“Kim”). . Jongun is taking different approaches to the public than his father. He is being more “mediagenic” by showing up to more public outings and interacting with people often (“Kim”). Jongun is also continuing many programs that his father ran, including nuclear weapons testing and other weapon testing (“Kim”). Kim Jongun is the most dangerous world leader in terms of the safety of Americans in 2015.
According to
Time Magazine
, Abu Bakr alBaghdadi is the most dangerous leader in the world. The
Washington Post referred to him as “violent, virulent, and antiAmerican” (McCoy).
Although both Baghdadi and Jongun have unknown backgrounds, Jongun has a far more mysterious and secretive background. Jongun keeps much of his life a secret. Not only does he keep general information about himself, like his age and the birth of his children, a secret, but he also keeps his plans with North Korea a secret (MacLeod). Jongun keeps all information about nuclear related shipments private (Snyder). There is also suspected weapons testing in North
Korea, but the U.S. does not know for sure (“Kim”). Because Jongun is very good at keeping information to himself, he is unpredictable. Other countries, including the U.S. never know what he is up to next.
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North Korea is one of the leading countries in nuclear weapons and continues test weapons. “The government launched a longrange rocket that put a satellite in orbit. The U.S. government believes that these launches are meant to cover up work and testing on ballistic missile technology” (Snyder). Obama reached out to help some dictatorial states that would be willing to become allies and no longer adversaries. In response to Obama’s offer, North
Amanda Black
Mr. Miles
Honors Composition
9 January 2015
Kim Jongun
Kim Jongun’s father, Kim Jongil, was the former military leader of North Korea. Upon
Jongil’s death in 2011, Kim Jongun was named the new military leader (“Kim”). . Jongun is taking different approaches to the public than his father. He is being more “mediagenic” by showing up to more public outings and interacting with people often (“Kim”). Jongun is also continuing many programs that his father ran, including nuclear weapons testing and other weapon testing (“Kim”). Kim Jongun is the most dangerous world leader in terms of the safety of Americans in 2015.
According to
Time Magazine
, Abu Bakr alBaghdadi is the most dangerous leader in the world. The
Washington Post referred to him as “violent, virulent, and antiAmerican” (McCoy).
Although both Baghdadi and Jongun have unknown backgrounds, Jongun has a far more mysterious and secretive background. Jongun keeps much of his life a secret. Not only does he keep general information about himself, like his age and the birth of his children, a secret, but he also keeps his plans with North Korea a secret (MacLeod). Jongun keeps all information about nuclear related shipments private (Snyder). There is also suspected weapons testing in North
Korea, but the U.S. does not know for sure (“Kim”). Because Jongun is very good at keeping information to himself, he is unpredictable. Other countries, including the U.S. never know what he is up to next.
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North Korea is one of the leading countries in nuclear weapons and continues test weapons. “The government launched a longrange rocket that put a satellite in orbit. The U.S. government believes that these launches are meant to cover up work and testing on ballistic missile technology” (Snyder). Obama reached out to help some dictatorial states that would be willing to become allies and no longer adversaries. In response to Obama’s offer, North
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