March 9 (UPI) -- On March 1, the day after U.S. airstrikes eliminated Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, North Korean state media broadcast images of Kim Jong Un touring the Sangwon Cement Complex. Cigarette dangling from his lips, he appeared relaxed, issuing directives with studied nonchalance. But, composure performed in the face of catastrophe is not strength. It is the desperate bravado of a man gripped by a fear he cannot afford to show. The North Korean Foreign Ministry condemned the U.