Unit 5
Last Thursday North Korea sent a fax to South Korea telling them that they would "strike mercilessly" on their nation. This threat was in response to the recent protests against the North Korean regime. These protests were rallying in Seoul and were burning effigies of the country's leader and of North Korean flags. North Korea said that it disrespected their highest authority and that they would attack if protests like this occurred again. South Korea quickly responded by saying that they would retaliate if any attack were made. This is only one of several tensions that have occurred between North and South Korea since the Korean War.
I think that this could be a big problem, but won't be. North Korea is always making threats but has never really done anything with these threats. If these threats were carried out though, I could see the USA getting involved very quickly. The USA does not want all of Korea to fall under the North Korean regime. They would respond if North Korea attacked South Korea. Since we have been talking about foreign policy lately, I thought this article was appropriate. If these threats were carried out, the current foreign policy of the USA could change very quickly.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/20/world/asia/north-korea-threats/index.html?hpt=wo_c1
I agree that the US would get involved very quickly. It would be interesting to see the reaction of the US citizens if North Korea attacked South Korea. I think that most people would be in favor of helping South Korea just because everyone seems to hate North Korea.
ReplyDeleteYes. The US would get involved very quickly and people probably would be mostly in support of this because public opinion against North Korea seems to be that everyone dislikes them. For good reason. But I do agree with you in saying that this won't really turn anything because I think that it would something bigger than protests for North Korea to really follow through on some threats. We'll have to see though.
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