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Pros And Cons Of Preventive Strikes Against North Korea

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If diplomacy doesn’t go as planned, military action may be necessary and President Trump will be the first to back this up. The last thing we want as a country is for North Korea to obtain nuclear weapons capable of striking the continental US. This is why a preventive strike against North Korea, although the success rate is low, may be the last option we are left with to denuclearize the North Korean regime. While this is not ideal, we have had success in the past with situations like this. One of the successes came with Syria in April of this year when the US condemned the chemical attacks that occurred. They showed their military strength and that they are willing to use it should Syria further provoke them. In the situation with North Korea, the US ultimately has three military options. The first …show more content…

This option would be used to show that the US is ready for war and willing to take North Korean lives if need be. This is an intriguing option because it doesn’t guarantee war but, with the threats North Korea has been making, they may retaliate to show that they aren’t messing around either. The second possible option would be “a surgical strike from the air (most likely employing cruise missiles) on key North Korean nuclear weapons and missile infrastructure” (Roy). This option would take away their missile and nuclear capabilities, at least in the short term. This would be a massive show of force by the US military but may be the best out of the three options. By using this option we will be taking away the ability, in the short term, for any North Korean retaliation and also make them think twice about striking back once they have the ability. This option could have three possible outcomes. The first being North Korea takes a step back and invites diplomacy in order to avoid any future US attacks. The second outcome could be a heavy North Korean retaliation on South Korea which could result in many

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Tweets between Kim Jong Un and President Trump are like the race to create the first atomic weapon. President Trump wants to intimidate the Un until he gives up like in a brinkmanship. President Trump and Kim Jong Un seem to be entering their countries into another cold war. Like Truman and Stalin in the end of WWII, underlying tension between the two have built up but has not

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Korea’s history already determined it was a weak country, having been a pawn for Far Eastern powers, so Cold War had left it nearly destroyed with epidemics, poverty, limited education, and authoritarian rulers (LaFeber, 2008). In this state, Korea was left vulnerable to communism. In 1945, the 38th parallel marked the ally agreement of disarming the occupying Japanese military, however by the end of the Korean War, it would be the indivisible line that divided the country between communism and democracy (LaFeber, 2008). In June 1950, when North Korean troops passed the 38th parallel, President Truman gave the order for American air and naval units to move into action to aid South Korea and to show the United States’ opponents that “the United States was no longer content with mere “containment” but now aimed for liberation (LaFeber, 2008, p. 114). LaFeber (2008) explains President Truman’s intent, “

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The rising tensions between the United States and North Korea are at an all-time high, it is no news that at any second a full-scale war between these two nations could break out. The consequences of such a war are the endangerment of the lives of millions of people in multiple nations. Nicholas Kristof’s opinion piece “Inside North Korea, and Feeling the Drums of War,” published in the New York Times Sunday Review, serves as an emotional overload purposely written to warn the audience of just how tense the relations between these two Nations have become, as well as the reality of a possible catastrophic conflict between them if concessions are not drawn to ease tensions. Kristof adopts an urgent tone in his article that he uses to stir up

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However, the United States’ participation was not declared by the U. S. Congress, but when North Korean’s intention to take over South Korea were identified, President Harry Truman “ordered naval and air forces into action.” (Greenspan, 2013) The United States just intentions were based on stopping the spread of Communism not only within the nation, but internationally wide. Thus, although the Korean War had many casualties, according to the Jus Ad Bellum principle, the United States’ participation was

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Good points. When diplomacy fails, and a nation does not wish to partake in war, what actions can be taken to avoid sending troops into war? The United States has experienced war many times throughout the nation’s history, and the internal toll that war can be detrimental if not entirely supported by its citizens. Protests, peace movements, political turmoil, decreased support for combat troops and diminished support for the sitting president are some issues, which a war can draw out from the homeland. Covert actions can assist in the avoidance of war by seeking to gain or sway influence or spark actions in other countries.

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Showing that with this military operation to stop communism have cost them so much money and they are not gaining any grown over the North Korean military. In the end, the outcome of this war was not of any good, sated by (Campbell) " After three years of grinding destruction, both sides were forced to settle for essentially the status quo ante bellum". Meaning it was the same as it was when the war has not even started in several years ago. Making the Unites states think about reducing its military spending due to the fact that they have contributed so much money to something and it turned out the same as when it has started.

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Failure of US in this war was a big setback for the American hegemony. After that incident, USA never tried to use the forces in Southeast Asia. In case of North Korea also it is using diplomacy policy and trying to solve the issue with the help of dialogue because they are well aware that, military action may lead to Vietnam II. A lot of arguments surrounding the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War are relevant today in U.S. foreign policy and politics

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