Osama, Gaddafi, and now Kim Jogn-Il. Fifty bucks says Castro kicks the bucket before New Years.
It sure is a bad time to be a dictator.
In all seriousness, this is the tail end of the cold-war era leaders (I know he wasn't leader in the cold war, but I still feel its relevant) . They are aging, and are handing over power to others. Though, that doesn't mean the communist countries will become free any time soon. I don't respect anything Kim-Jong did, but what he stood for must be remembered and avoided. Let us prevent history from repeating itself
Well. They treated Kim Jong il like their father.
So to them it was like losing a parent.