North Korea a Growing Problem

North Korea is slowly growing into a bigger problem than many expect. Kim Jong-il has done more to taunt Barack Obama in five months than he did to George W. Bush in eight years. Jong is testing Obama’s skills as commander and chief, as due to the weak experience within this field he believes this is one factor he can antagonize the United States about. So how is he testing him, with these threats that in my opinion should not be allowed. The most recent threat coming from the North Korea Government is that North Korea is accusing the U.S. of trying to provoke another Korean war and warns it will wipe America off the map.  The exact words coming from the North Korea Central News Agency was “If the U.S. imperialists start another war, the army and people of Korea will … wipe out the aggressors on the globe once and for all.” If I were in the seat of President, this would not be acceptable. I would send an ultimatum to North Korea that they either stop operations of producing weapons of mass destructure and threatening America or we will strike with vengeance. In this case, the United Nations is useless, the U.S. needs to act on their own front initiating plans of attack if talks heaten up. At the end of the day, it’s the American population we have to protect and that final. With today’s news that North Korea will continue to test out long-range & short-range missiles I believe North Korea is walking on a fine line. If the U.S. can find a way to condemn the weapons yet not overplay the whole situation would be the best possible outcome though realistically that can’t happen. North Korea’s reckless actions have made this situation serious, any threat like that cannot be taken by America especially by a small dictatorship like North Korea. We need to make sure we control North Korea before they grow into a large military power. They have already shown they have weapons and nuclear ones at that, so I think some form of reaction is necessary. These situations can be so difficult, some might say that jumping in now would be to early, yet others might question that if we wait it might just create a bigger problem on our hands down the line. All in all, America has to hold up its duties of World Police as China is unwilling to accept that position, and if you don’t control one group of radicals, how will you stop the next?