Putin and Kim Jong-un make a perfect pairing

I'm surprised Kim Jong-un has got time to get into his armoured train and travel to Russia for a get-together with his "mate" Vladimir Putin. He seems to spend most days attending the latest blast-off of a ballistic missile test, trying to demonstrate to the US that Washngton should never underestimate him. I don't think Washington does, by the way. You can never underestimate the potential danger posed by a leader like Kim. But while the US spends a lot of time worrying about what he might do next, Putin just sits back and invites him to Russia for a nice little chat about buying North Korean arms. This is the way the world has always been. When there are bad guys in charge of countries they tend to form a groupie together so that they can do two fingers to everyone else and keep them on their toes. So Kim will go by train into Russia and meet up with Putin and no doubt agree to sell Russia home-made drones and missiles to help the Russian president not lose the war in Ukraine. China has so far refrained from doing the same but the North Korean leader has no compunction about handing over weapons to prolong the war. No doubt it will make him feel good and at the same time forge closer ties between Pyongyang and Moscow. Kim doesn't have many friends in the world, so Putin's hand of friendship will boost his ego. Joe Biden has done very little about North Korea other than put out statements condemning the latest ballistc missile launch, so I doubt Kim has many worries about the US attacking his country. Putin's charm offensive with Kim is all about snubbing the nose of the West which seems to be his number one priority, along with destroying Ukraine. What a lovely pair they make, Putin and Kim. **Please buy my new spy thriller, Shadow Lives, (paperback and ebook from Amazon and Rowanvale Books)