Posts Tagged ‘North Korea’
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North Korea shocked the world yesterday by testing a nuclear weapon!!! (well, not everyone was surprised, but it sure surprised us at US Democrazy)
That’s right, on May 25 North Korea exploded a nuclear bomb underground. Now don’t worry… the world is not going to take this lying down (or sitting down). In fact, President Obama has already stood up and condemned the test.
Much of the globe has followed suit . Even neighboring China, the closest thing North Korea has to a friend, has condemned the test. It seems nobody likes nuclear bombs being exploded near their border.
One nation that has been surprisingly disinterested about this hibbub is South Korea. Although South Korea did officially condemn the test, many Koreans are still mourning the suicide of former South Korean President, Roh Moo-Hyun, and have paid little attention to the North’s actions.
So why the test?
It may be a sign of transition within the North Korean government. Kim Jong-il’s health has been quite bad recently and perhaps before he steps down he wants to be remembered as the man who brought nuclear power to North Korea. (Sure beats being remembered as the bad guy in the movie Team America: World Police.)
What ever the reason North Korea’s actions, this is going to be a test for the Obama Administration. So how should President Obama handle this delicate and dangerous scenario (darned if we know)?
“Bad Korea!” says the Security Council.
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This weekend, North Korea sprung a long-range rocket into the air, and in response President Obama and the press sprung into action!
When we at USDemocrazy first saw this news we’ll admit: we were concerned. (Hey, it’s not everyday that a rogue state launches a missile!) However, within a few hours, we got the real story.
Apparently, North Korea’s big shot into the sky was a little disappointing (which we read here).
In fact, we weren’t the only ones who were a little iffy on the news; “North Korea missile test” gets over 18,000 news hits on Google, showing that pretty much everyone who works at a newspaper, radio station, website, blog, et cetera, wanted to figure out what on earth those unpredictable North Koreans were doing.
Our jitters were calmed after reading Joseph Cirincione’s commentary. He thinks we all need to just chill out. He very kindly sets out three very specific objectives that the North Koreans need to achieve in order to make a successful missile (Wait! Let’s hope they don’t read CNN.com!).
Naturally, there’s been a lot of criticism and talk from the international community, especially from President Obama, addressing the loose cannon that is North Korea (pun semi-intended).
An emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council was called, but not much happened there. Why?!? you might ask… Well, let’s not forget that Russia and China sit on the Security Council. Those two feel less threatened by cranky rogue North Korea… They just want everyone to relax and sort this test out with level heads. Therefore, there’s been no official Security Council action on the matter.
As we know, President Obama is out galavanting around Europe, making important decisions and stuff… so everyone wanted to know what he thought about the subject.
This he made clear: He will not tread lightly on this subject. Even as the world overreacts, Obama plans to take charge and lay out a plan for dealing with nuclear proliferation.
One thing is clear, North Korea is not going away. (Thank you, thank you, it took us all day to come up with that conclusion!) The debate on what to do about the North Korea and their nuclear ambitions has re-emerged as a center stage news item.
Is the international community overreacting to the news of the missile test? Or are we not panicking enough? What are your thoughts?
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