The celebration of the 100th anniversary of birth of Kim Il Sung, the man that brought communism and the resulting famine to North Korea, has proven to be an example of faulty logic.  Following World War 2, the United States and the Soviet Union had a dispute over which would control this stregic penninsula.  It was the United States that decided the nation should be divided by the 38th parallel. The South Koreans would be a democracy while the North Koreans would turn toward a communist dictatorship led by Kim Il Sung.  To the Koreans, either was an improvement over the 35 plus years of Japanese rule. However, in order to keep the North Koreans loyal, the regime of Kim Il Sung would need to isolate his people from the rest of the world.   

In time, the people of North Korea were indoctrinated to consider Kim Il Sung as a sort of demigod.  As someone sent from the heavens.  It was even tought that the man was born atop a mountain and never went to the bathroom. For decades, this fanaticism persisted.  It has survived through the rule of his son, and now grandson.

But the threads appear to be unraveling. With widespread famine and increased difficulty to control social media, the truth is certain to sweep across this nation soon.  It was over this past weekend that the regime had yet another catastrophic failure when it defied the United Nations and attempted to fire a ballistic rocket.  This rocket failed after two minutes.  It may take some time in certain circumstances, but faulty reasoning will ultimately come back to the perpetrator. And when it does, credibility is destroyed.