I did enjoy reading Mr. Ross’s Blog “North Korea and ongoing threat” and the fresh issue he bought along with it. I do agree, this is the last thing the US government needs right now; but is it? The last time we went into a serious war was during the 1940’s against a similar clandestine nation. It brought the US out of the great depression and created new jobs and opened the door with new technology. It also made the US the big brother to the world. The petty countries and regimes we have come across after the second Great War have been fought in a different manner. It has been us standing around and getting snipped by 10 people in the jungle or cowardly car bomber drive by’s. This on the other hand, would be a sophisticated war. That is why the US is testing the water before they jump in.
The truth is that China is not going to do what the US and South Korean’s want, they are not about to tell North Korea what they can and cannot do. The Chinese instead would rather the US and S. Korea to come to their regional meeting coming up, to talk it out according the China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu. This in a way is a lack of international respect between the US and China.
The blog did leave out (I’m sure due to the development of the story) that this was a bit provoked due to the exercises both the US and South Korea were doing prior to the attack. Though this action was rash and unconstitutional, the North Koreans obviously don’t care. Just like the Iranians earlier this year, stating the Presidents threats are amateurish. Perhaps the N. Korea see’s the weak threats in this same light. The lack of respect of power this nation possesses in the international view by these countries may lead to more threats in the future by other nations. I had read that another attack may be immanent.
So, while the president is being called out in the Far East, he is a too busy pardoning convicted drug dealers and coin mutilators here. This is to me is disturbing, because what if JFK did the same during the Cuban missile crisis in the 1960’s? All I know is the US needs to show some backbone, perhaps not an attack 3 times larger then what the Rules of engagement call for but a warning strike powerful enough to send a serious message. It should not result in any fatality but set the message straight to the North Korean letting them physically and visually know “you do not want go to war with US”.
