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United States: Allies and Enemies Today
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Guns fire, rockets blast, the sounds echo through the air. The ground rumbles as hundreds of tanks storm along. The sky becomes cluttered as dozens of bomber airplanes soar overhead, unloading their “cargo.” Thousands civilians run fleeing for their lives. American tanks break through the main defense lines at Baghdad, the capitol city of Iraq. Soon a stream of American soldier’s rush into the streets armed with high-powered machine guns, ready to take out anything and everything. Saddam Hussein goes to his last resort. He gives the call. Saddam Hussein prepares to unleash his arsenal of weapons upon the soldiers who are invading his city. It is his only chance; he will not go down without a fight. He fires into the large group of American soldiers. Many American soldiers are taken down yet they keep coming, like a roaring river, into his city. His weapons are no match for the United States power. Saddam Hussein is simply delaying the inevitable. His time is running out. His forces are nearly all wiped out. He has no chance. Iraq is doomed. A full-scale United States invasion is underway. As far-fetched as it all may seem the possibility of war is very likely. Not only is possible with the country of Iraq, but also with the small Asian country of North Korea, under the control of Kim Jong II. From broken promises to all-out hatred toward U.S. supremacy, America has earned many enemies, in the process upsetting some allies. The two biggest and most troublesome of those enemies as of late are Iraq and North Korea. The United States has become bitter enemies of the two countries since the early 1990’s. The hatred has begun to rise as of recent. Tension is very high. The United States is more than willing to use military force against Iraq. “Aggression begets counter-aggression” (Rollins). The U.S. feels it should get in and out as soon as possible because of Saddam’s arsenal of weapons and most importantly, his apparent willingness to use them. The only thing standing in their way is the U.N and lack of support from their allies. Many countries are pushing to give more time for the U.N. weapons inspectors and to avoid war if possible. The U.S. would like to resort to diplomacy with North Korea. North Korea has nuclear capabilities and that is something the U.S. does not want to have to deal with. North Korea also has a large ally in China to the west. North Korea has tried to blackmail the U.S. in exchange for them dropping their nuclear weapons program. The U.S. has made it very clear it will not fall for it. The U.N. and all of America’s allies have become just as big of nuisance as its enemies. Britain is the only country that is showing full-fledged support in military action in the case of a war against Saddam Hussein and Iraq. Many of America’s largest allies have said they will not assist the U.S. in any military action. Some countries see-saw back and forth on the matter struggling to make a decision of whether they should help. Many countries feel war is not absolutely necessary. Many countries have also become upset towards George Bush’s “tough-guy” image. They feel as if the U.S is bossing them around. That does not settle well with the Europeans. North Korea is located in the Far East, with China to the north and west, South Korea to the South and Japan to the east. North Korea is a country in a terrible state. Over the past two years over one million North Korean citizens have died because of hunger (Reynolds). The opium production, also known as dope, in North Korea, has skyrocketed. It is estimated that North Korea produces 40 tons of opium a year. As well as that, they also produce several tons of high-quality methamphetamine each year. It has also been reported that North Korea has printed over 10 million dollars worth of fake 100-dollar bills (Kaplan). While his country starves to death Kim Jong II gambles off fake money. Some experts feel that all the criminal corruption in North Korea will bring an end to the current regime (Kaplan). North Korea is a pitiful country. The thought of country such as North Korea possessing nuclear weapons is scary, if anything. North Korea is in no state to be angering the United States, as well as the whole world. The United States bad relationship with North Korea goes back to the early to mid 1990s. In 1992 North Korea and the United States signed a denuclearization agreement. This agreement took place under the Bill Clinton Administration. In the agreement North Korea agreed to cease any nuclear weapons programs and they agreed to only use nuclear energy for peaceful purposes, such as domestic energy. In 1994, also under the Bill Clinton Administration, North Korea was promised two nuclear reactors. The reactors were to be used for domestic energy needs. North Korea never received the two reactors (Just Saying No). North Korea rightfully has a reason to be upset. To threaten with nuclear weapons is beyond the line though. In early 2003 North Korea removed surveillance equipment from their nuclear plants and began nuclear activity again. North Korea has also begun plutonium production again. Plutonium can be used to make nuclear bombs (Just Saying No). North Korea is believed to be holding nuclear weapons in return for rewards. Many feel as if North Korea is trying to blackmail its enemies. George W. Bush has made it very evident that he will not be blackmailed by North Korea. United States and Asian officials feel that Pyongyang’s nuclear gambit could be the most serious threat to global stability today (Omestad). Pyongyang is the capitol city of North Korea. North Korea is believed to have one or two nuclear weapons. One or two is still one or two more than North Korea should have possession of. Bush is trying to gain the support of as many allies as possible. By doing this he hopes to pressure Kim Jong II into disarming himself of his nuclear weapons and abandoning his nuclear weapons projects. North Korea appears to be scared of the United States. They have requested that the United States sign a treaty non-aggression before they even consider talking about disarming with the United States.
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