On Saturday, Apr. 23, North Korea launched a nuclear ballistic missile in a test of a new submarine-based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile ("ICBM") system. This launch follows a rather turbulent year for the Korean peninsula in which the northern half has been frenzied with militant activity. That northern half is ruled by the despotic Kim Jong-un, whose government runs the impoverished, starving nation with an iron fist.

Historically, under communist rule, the nation has been horribly deprived. Government-provided food rations, which total a few hundred grams per day, are the sole source of food for most North Koreans. However, during periods of extreme scarcity, only a few percent of North Koreans receive the ration. In the 1990s, the government food provision system completely collapsed, leading to deaths estimated between 200,000 and 3 million North Koreans (the number is elusive, as the North Korean government has been known to twist figures).

To add to the pure desperation of the North Korean people, North Korea has upped its military activity over the last few months. The launch Saturday was at least the third this year.

All of this turmoil is the creation of the Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un. Thus, to a logical person bent on taking down a regime, the question of how he can be removed from power arises.

To me, the answer to this question is simple and can be found in the 2014 film "The Interview."

"The Interview," which stars James Franco and Seth Rogen, depicts celebrity television interviewer Dave Skylark and his best friend/producer Aaron Rapoport — Franco and Rogen, respectively — and their groundbreaking interview with Kim Jong-un (played by Randall Park). In the film, after scheduling the interview with Jong-un, Skylark and Rapoport are contracted by the CIA to assassinate the North Korean leader. Aided by Jong-un's Director of Propaganda, the protagonists successfully remove Kim from power by blowing up the helicopter in which he's riding with the shell from a tank cannon.

And there you have it; that's my plan to remove the leader of North Korea.

Well, actually, I don't know if that's my actual plan... Assassination is an extremely drastic means to an end, and one that shouldn't be used in a civilized world, unless absolutely necessary. Coups rarely end well. And, after all, if I did want him to be assassinated, Supreme Leader Jong-Un could be reading this exact article. He could have me assassinated! And we don't want that, now do we? So, I won't reveal my plan exactly, just show my support for a goal. That goal is the removal of the leader of North Korea.

Now, let me be clear, I don't mean that I want Kim Jong-un to be assassinated. I merely am desirous of his removal from office. The torturous path down which he and his predecessors — his father and grandfather — have led North Korea is one no nation should have to endure.

No people should be forced to suffer cruelty and hardship for the sole reason that their leader is a selfish glutton who dares to call himself a human being. Look at a picture of Kim. Now, look at a picture of the average North Korean. If you notice a difference, you've hit the nail on the head. In fact, there isn't merely a difference, there's a stark contrast. Jong-un is an obese man, who suffers from gout. The average North Korean is a person on the brink of starvation, who's as thin as a stick...literally.

Any leader who allows his or her country to endure such deprivation - let alone one who gorges himself to the point of obesity -- is one who is unfit to rule. The fact that he has dreams of military glory just underscores his eccentricity and joins the line to the never-ending number of reasons he shouldn't be in power.

So, whether it means his assassination -- which I think is a bit much -- or his removal from office -- which I think is a much better alternative -- I think the US government should watch "The Interview" before making up its mind on how to deal with North Korea. After all, the North Korean people deserve freedom from the tyranny of that gluttonous despot.