Nuclear holocaust: between big ego and paranoia
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Nuclear Holocaust: Between Big Egos and Paranoia
Kim Jong-un and Yoon Suk Yeol Photo AFP Richard
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Imagine the catastrophe when you juggle intercontinental ballistic missiles,'some of the most sophisticated military equipment in the world, a nuclear arsenal and a healthy dose of paranoia!
Among the avalanche of revelations on the investigations concerning Donald Trump, one of them went unnoticed this week. Last spring, he fielded seven hours of questions from New York State Department of Justice prosecutors in a civil fraud case against him and his company.
When asked about his authority within the Trump Organization while in the White House, Trump responded that he viewed the presidency as “the most important job in the world, saving millions of lives.” Adding, according to the New York Times, “I think there would have been a nuclear holocaust if I hadn't taken care of North Korea.”
WORDS IN THE AIR
If he weren't getting carried away by his ego's delusions of grandeur, the former president would agree that he did, at best, only slow North Korea's cavalcade to status for a short while. of nuclear power.
Kim Jong-un, the paranoid leader of North Korea, having failed to obtain the lifting of the sanctions he demanded by participating in summit meetings with Donald Trump , continued to feed an ambient psychosis in the Far East.
This psychosis has boiled over in recent days with the military exercises that South Korea and the United States have held in the region. Pyongyang reacted to this by firing short-range ballistic missiles at sea, in order to demonstrate that the north can strike anywhere in the south.
Kim Jong-un perpetuates the myth that his small country risks a joint military invasion by the South Korean army and American forces at any moment. As if the United States wanted to find itself in a new quagmire after having torn itself from pain and misery in Iraq and Afghanistan. And as if South Korea wanted to compromise a remarkable economic development and one of the highest standards of living in the world to get its hands on its neighbor to the north, underdeveloped, poor and hungry.
< h5>AN ALARMING SPIRAL
However, we are caught in an agonizing trap: Washington and Seoul are stepping up military exercises to counter the threat from the north; exercises that excite the fear of Pyongyang, which responds by firing more missiles, making itself suddenly more dangerous and pushing the United States and South Korea to intensify their defense preparations.
Earlier this week, the White House warned that these tensions were about to spill over into Korea. North Korea and Russia are reportedly negotiating future arms shipments for Moscow to use in its war against Ukraine.
It is hard to conceive of anything worse than a collaboration between a leader, Vladimir started an unjustifiable conflict and another leader who had his generals perform a simulated nuclear strike that would make South Korea a “scorched earth”. Two extremists with whom dialogue turns out, alas, to be impossible.
THE TWO KOREAs, INCOMPARABLE
Population
- North: 26 million
- In the South: 51.8 million
Life expectancy
- Au North: 71 years
- South: 81 years
Purchasing power
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Budget of defense
- North: US$4.5 billion
- South: $42.1 billion US
Active Military Forces
- North: 1.2 million
- South: 555,000
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Rob Wilson has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining The Gal Times, Rob wilson worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my rob@bobrtimes.com 1-800-268-7128