Bush wants to chat. Do you accept?
_
Above: _Madame Secretary tactfully avoids Kim's gaze.
One interesting fact known by few around the blogosphere about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is that the feared tyrant is himself a skilled surfer of the World Wide Web.
That's because he never told anybody until this week, when he informed R.O.K. President Moo-hyun during their "historic summit" (if they keep saying it, you will eventually believe it, damn it) that "I'm an internet expert too."
How much of an expert is he? Maddeningly, President Moo-hyun did not take the opportunity to press him on the question, so to what degree, say, North Korea's web page testifies to Kim Jong Il's personal programming savvy remains unknown. But the Leader likely does know how to e-mail, if you believe rumors that he asked former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright for her address back in 2000. And your MinorThoughts.com correspondent has also found him registered on Facebook.
One thing's for sure: the ramifications of this newly-unveiled dimension to the dictator's character are enormous. It's much easier to coordinate six-party talks about nukes if everybody can just meet in a chat room.