North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fired his top general amid a shakeup of the country’s military leadership and wants his army to “gird for a war,” state media reported Thursday.

  • foobarijk
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    1 year ago

    It’s always best to fire your top general just before going to war. He must have learned that from Stalin and Putin.

    • Aux@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Well, Russian generals got too cocky recently, so Putin sent them into a meat grinder. Now there are no generals and Putin and his oligarchs have earned even more money. Win win!

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      1 year ago

      You kid, but I think he actually did.