Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefiled and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before a battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business. -David Halberstam, The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
It seems that North Korea continues to impress. The country has tested 3 nuclear devices against United Nations orders, and now is threatening to ignore and destroy the 1953 ceasefire that ended the Korean War. In the 1950s the Korean War was raging between the United States and the Koreans, after the war was finished, the Koreans and the Americans signed a cease fire agreement ending the Korean War. However the North Koreans are expressing that the ceasefire only meant that the fighting would stop and that they didn’t sign a peace treaty, which would have meant that the grudge between the two countries would stop forever. The North Koreans are now threatening to tear up the agreement if the United Nations meets and restricts the Nuclear Tests. Back to the 3 nuclear tests conducted by the North Koreans, after repeated warnings by the United Nations, North Korea continued to test nuclear devices in hopes of finding a nuclear warhead small enough, but still powerful, to attach to a missile that can travel to the United States. In the United States and the United Nations, disbelief is high, the U.S & the U.N believe that North Korea is nowhere near developing the technology.
North Korea can have the technology and are waiting to use it or could be miles away still on the drawing board, that’s the scary part we don’t know what’s going on, seeing is how no one is allowed in or out of the country and all military plans are top secret. This begs the question, should we be scared? What if North Korea has the technology and are waiting to use it, how would we survive knowing that we are in the midst of nuclear warfare? Which brings another question, the United States is the main enemies to the North Koreans and any allies may be attacked as well, so is Canada in the mind of Kim Jong Un? Personally I’m worried, I’m worried that North Korea has the technology and I’m worried that they will use it. I don’t know what would happen to the world, World War III? North Korean Domination? I find that idea the scariest, the idea of not knowing what will happen. I trust my leaders to do the right thing, I hope that World War III will never happen; it’s not up to me though. Again I come back to the question…
Should we be Scared?
North Korea can have the technology and are waiting to use it or could be miles away still on the drawing board, that’s the scary part we don’t know what’s going on, seeing is how no one is allowed in or out of the country and all military plans are top secret. This begs the question, should we be scared? What if North Korea has the technology and are waiting to use it, how would we survive knowing that we are in the midst of nuclear warfare? Which brings another question, the United States is the main enemies to the North Koreans and any allies may be attacked as well, so is Canada in the mind of Kim Jong Un? Personally I’m worried, I’m worried that North Korea has the technology and I’m worried that they will use it. I don’t know what would happen to the world, World War III? North Korean Domination? I find that idea the scariest, the idea of not knowing what will happen. I trust my leaders to do the right thing, I hope that World War III will never happen; it’s not up to me though. Again I come back to the question…
Should we be Scared?
