The latest outburst of crazy talk and action from the loons in North Korea is bizarre even by North Korean standards. The NK's have cut all communications with the South. The NK's have announced the end of the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War. The NK's have announce that hostilities could resume at any time. The NK's have shown a short video portraying an assault by the NK army on the South with the resulting capture of Seoul along with tens of thousands of Americans who happen to be there.
These are just the latest in a string of demented actions taken by the NK's over the years. Many people think that this is just a temper tantrum by the NK's designed to scare the world into trying to placate them. This time, however, the tantrum does not seem to be working. The NK's are screaming and threatening and the rest of the world is yawning. No one is taking NK leader Kim seriously.
There is a good reason for this response to the NK antics. First, they have done this before....repeatedly. Second, North Korea would be wiped from the map by a full response to any attack coming from the NK's. Third, prior attempts to mollify the NK's have not worked. Each time, they just raise the stakes and keep on screaming.
But here is the question of the day: what if someone miscalculates and actually starts shooting? What if a North Korean commander at the DMZ believes that he is about to be attacked as the propaganda tells him, so he starts shooting first. What if a naval commander on an NK ship fires on a South Korean naval vessel, and that ship fires back? What if Kim Jung Un actually believes the garbage that his government has been spewing, and he decides to hit Seoul with nukes? Are we ready to respond? Does Washington even have a contingency plan for such events? Are the anti-missile defenses of the USA on line to shoot down a missile launched by the NK's at Hawaii?
A war in Korea could easily result in the death of ten million people if nuclear weapons are used. Even higher numbers of casualties result if the NK's strike first with their full nuclear capability. We are not talking about a minor event, but the world continues to treat it as such. Surely, we should not give in to the attempt by the NK's to blackmail us. Nevertheless, we ought to tell North Korea that any attack from that country will result in its total destruction.
These are just the latest in a string of demented actions taken by the NK's over the years. Many people think that this is just a temper tantrum by the NK's designed to scare the world into trying to placate them. This time, however, the tantrum does not seem to be working. The NK's are screaming and threatening and the rest of the world is yawning. No one is taking NK leader Kim seriously.
There is a good reason for this response to the NK antics. First, they have done this before....repeatedly. Second, North Korea would be wiped from the map by a full response to any attack coming from the NK's. Third, prior attempts to mollify the NK's have not worked. Each time, they just raise the stakes and keep on screaming.
But here is the question of the day: what if someone miscalculates and actually starts shooting? What if a North Korean commander at the DMZ believes that he is about to be attacked as the propaganda tells him, so he starts shooting first. What if a naval commander on an NK ship fires on a South Korean naval vessel, and that ship fires back? What if Kim Jung Un actually believes the garbage that his government has been spewing, and he decides to hit Seoul with nukes? Are we ready to respond? Does Washington even have a contingency plan for such events? Are the anti-missile defenses of the USA on line to shoot down a missile launched by the NK's at Hawaii?
A war in Korea could easily result in the death of ten million people if nuclear weapons are used. Even higher numbers of casualties result if the NK's strike first with their full nuclear capability. We are not talking about a minor event, but the world continues to treat it as such. Surely, we should not give in to the attempt by the NK's to blackmail us. Nevertheless, we ought to tell North Korea that any attack from that country will result in its total destruction.
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