American History
Carter Glass
14 March 2013
Bibliography:
Choi, Jung-yoon. "North Korea cuts off hotline, says cease-fire annulled - latimes.com." Los Angeles Times - California, national and world news - latimes.com.
N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2013.
<http://www.latimes.com/news/world/worldnow/la-fg-wn-north-korea-hotline-ceasefire-drills-20130311,0,4458378.story>.
"North Korea Says It Has Nullified 1953 Armistice - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2013.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/world/asia/north-korea-says-it-has-nullified-1953-korean-war-armistice.html?_r=0>.
"North Korea Says It Has Nullified 1953 Armistice - NYTimes.com." The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Mar. 2013.
<http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/12/world/asia/north-korea-says-it-has-nullified-1953-korean-war-armistice.html?_r=0>.
Summary:
North Korea has recently cut a hotline that is between North and South Korea which has formally declared the war between North and South Korea to be over. Key Resolve was an 11 day drill which has been done yearly with over 13,000 American and South Korean troops. But then North Korea they were voiding it which ended the Korean War. Because there was no peace treaty signed after the Korean War they have technically been at war for many years.
Analysis:
I understand that North Korea is a threat even if their threats have never really been acted upon. But because no one really knows much about North Korea no one can say that they are not a threat. But just because they are a threat that does not mean that it would be smart to attack them. Actually its the opposite. That would be the worst thing that the United States and South Korea could do at this point. Because we know so little about them we have no idea how they would react to us attacking their country. We don't know if their people would be happy or follow their leader. The risk of loosing a large amount of soldiers by starting a war with North Korea, is not a risk that the U.S. and South Korea should be willing to take. Yes, North Korea is a threat. But the only thing that the U.S. and South Korea can reasonably do right now is realize that they are a threat, which we have, and simply be prepared for anything. Because we don't know what they are capable of we don't know what could happen so we need to be prepared for anything. We can only wait for North Korea to make their move, then we react to their action.
I understand that North Korea is a threat even if their threats have never really been acted upon. But because no one really knows much about North Korea no one can say that they are not a threat. But just because they are a threat that does not mean that it would be smart to attack them. Actually its the opposite. That would be the worst thing that the United States and South Korea could do at this point. Because we know so little about them we have no idea how they would react to us attacking their country. We don't know if their people would be happy or follow their leader. The risk of loosing a large amount of soldiers by starting a war with North Korea, is not a risk that the U.S. and South Korea should be willing to take. Yes, North Korea is a threat. But the only thing that the U.S. and South Korea can reasonably do right now is realize that they are a threat, which we have, and simply be prepared for anything. Because we don't know what they are capable of we don't know what could happen so we need to be prepared for anything. We can only wait for North Korea to make their move, then we react to their action.
