As a reader in the United States as of April 2013 I am certain that you are at least aware of the country called North Korea. Very possibly you also might be aware that North Korea is a dictatorship stuck in the early 1900's that is now struggling to achieve power that would maintain their place as a headache for true world powers. This power is to be nuclear capable. They believe that gaining this capability would cement their place as world leaders. North Korean leaders have stepped up their ever-existent threats against the U.S., South Korea and Japan. They announce propaganda that, were it coming from a European power, China or India, the world would be tying down the hatches for world war III. They are refusing to follow sanctions by the U.N. to step down on enrichment of uranium and other processes needed to make Nuclear warheads.
This all paints a very grim picture for the coming world...right? Perhaps it might not be as bad as you might think. First we need to remember that North Korea's leaders probably very well realize that deployment of nuclear warheads on another country would result in their own destruction. World powers would sit back as the U.S. wiped North Korea of the map. Any human, no matter how power drunk you are, can see that this is a very terrible loss of life, not only in the people they are supposed to be protecting but in their own lives. It is without doubt that if they committed such a horrible act they would be dead from the blast, radiation or assassination. So simply appealing to self preservation might stop their hand. If not we should also remember that as China grows to the position of the world leader they cannot be supporting a country that would upset their own power. North Korea's greatest ally and shared border will inevitably get rid of North Korea. They are not in a position of power and that frustrates them. They are lashing out like a child told no.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/12/opinion/green-north-korea-scenarios/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRTjHJ93UYg&list=UUGaVdbSav8xWuFWTadK6loA&index=3
North Korea is in a dying generation of governments. They want to withhold power in a connected world without being connected. They think that constant threats will get them what they want. They don't seem to realize that in a developed world you can't treat everyone else like you treat your citizens. Eventually it will all collapse around them in a gruesome ending. It is unlikely that they will ever go "quietly into the night." they will make a fuss that will result in more war and death. This is human history. We must try to learn from our mistakes in the coming world. Hopefully North Korea will fall peacefully. We can hope. Until then, however, as the leader of the world to keep those unable to protect themselves safe.
This might interest as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SllAhbkMCiY&list=UUGaVdbSav8xWuFWTadK6loAs well.
