"Andrew Gideon" wrote:

Japan's emperor during World War II, Hirohito, was neither religious
nor suicidal, and he led his nation into a war that no rational leader
could have hoped to win.

Whether Hirohito did much leading except as a figurehead is debatable. The
military fascists--Tojo in particular--pretty much had their way with him.

I agree that the N. Korean regime is only nominally Stalinist. Ideology is
not something they care about, and neither did Stalin, really. He purged all
the commie true believers and replaced them with his henchmen and toadies,
just as the Kims have done in N. Korea.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM