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President Trump recently tweeted "I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man" and "Save your energy Rex, we'll do what has to be done," after Tillerson told reporters that the U.S. has been engaged in diplomatic talks with Pyongyang. From the tweets, it looks like Trump is suggesting that the U.S. is willing to use military force on the North Korean regime.
What do you guys think? If the U.S. initiates the attack on North Korea, what do you think China, the regime's most powerful ally will do about it? If the U.S. does successfully overthrow the North Korean regime, what do you think will happen to the North Korean government and its people?
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Though this is a personal opinion of mine, I do think there is more "talk" being done than any form of action. Taking to social media, as previously discussed in class, is not the best way to judge what Washington may or may not do. In terms of China and North Korea, there have been some important points made. In one article that I watched read, there was mention that North Korea, at its core, is a very poor country. The country only gets assistance (trade, support, etc) from China, though China's relationship with countries like the United States, England, France etc. is most likely more valuable to them than their relationship with North Korea. Through this one may assume that, if any form of military action ensues from any of the larger, more powerful countries, China will take a more supportive front, instead of clinging to the poorer, North Korea. One can only speculate...
China has actually said what they'd do about this whole issue. Generally they remain pretty neutral until someone attacks. If the US strikes first they will support the North Koreans whereas if the North Koreans strike first, they will support the Americans. I feel like a US attack on North Korea would be devastating to its country. I also think talks are better then nothing.
Why would a president sabotage the talks in which his own administration is partaking? Trump's id is showing as usual: instead of making the level-headed decision of at least trying to find a peaceful solution, he is instead spending his time posturing and insulting Kim on Twitter.
While it is arguable that negotiations with North Korea will not be effective, addressing the issue in such an inflammatory manner does not support our perception to other nations. China especially who has historically been an ally of North Korea will not be pleased with these comments as they provide an arrogant and violent image that we do not want to be associated with. Overall we should promote peaceful negations, not denounce them. While they might not be successful it is still better than more violent options.
Adding to Tim and Michael, I do not believe that the use of inflammatory language by our president is wise. The president of the United States represents our entire country, and as such, he should behave in a mature, level-headed manner. Especially in international relations, if the United States wants to continue to be respected and thought of as one of the world's largest superpowers, almost childish insults such as "little rocket man" should not be tolerated. Although Twitter is a more informal media, the President has begun to use it as one of his main ways of communication and therefore should use the same respectful, mature and formal language expected in any other presidential speech, statement, or address.
I agree with the three comments above talking about President Trump's inappropriate response to levelheaded efforts made by his own administration to come up with some sort to peaceful resolution. I believe that some sort of treaty or agreement with North Korea should be made or attempted before we turn to violence. And to answer your question about China's position if our country were to attack China, to my knowledge China has stated that if North Korea were to attack either the US or South Korea first, than they would remain neutral and not join the efforts of North Korea. However, if the US or South Korea were to attack first, they would help defend North Korea since they do have an agreement with North Korea and is their biggest ally. Also to answer your second question, I believe that if the US were to successfully overthrow the North Korean regime, obviously the North Korean government would be overthrown and its people would most likely join South Korea to become a unified country? I'm not exactly sure how that would play out... maybe the North Korean people would finally revolt and even refuse to join South Korea since I know there is animosity between the two countries but I also think creating a new country for North Koreans would be pretty difficult.
In my personal opinion, I think Trump's aggressive tone towards North Korea is part of his plan to make North Korea attack first. I think that Trump is encouraging N.K. to make a military move on the US, in which case most of the world will turn against "Rocket Man's" empire. If this were to happen, North Korea would be completely wiped off the map. I side with the idea of peaceful talks and compromises, but I would be shocked if Trump makes any progress with Rocket Man through talks and negotiations. Another thing that got me thinking: where would North Korea attack the US? Maybe California? This would be fine by Trump since most of CA seems to hate him considering his approval rating is so low here.
Like Ariana mentioned, there is more "talk" being done than anything that would, perhaps, actually incite violence. The childish tones of the conversation to provoke war will likely not provoke a war in reality -- Kim Jong Un has a negative perception regarding the low maturity level of our president's vernacular, which may be frustrating, but not a justification for starting World War III. Either war, neither country would benefit from initiating a nuclear war against the other, and therefore, while the United States may not be portraying the best facets of the country, ultimately, no action has taken place.
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