Is it wise to trust N. Korea?
It also depicts the worthlessness of the United Nations, does it not?
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I think this cartoon definitely represnts a lot about the UN. I understand that they are for peace, so it makes sense that they don't want to commit too much violence. But it seems like all of the events they have tried to mediate they have had little effect because of their need to stay peaceful. I guess its good to keep peace, but this shows you can't really accomplish much in foreign affairs without a little force.
I think that the UN has been unsuccessful because it has not gotten the support it needs from other strong nations. Although it has repetedly proven to be worthless in many situations, if it had the support it needed, it is possible that eventually, force will not be needed to mediate situations.
I think it's ammusing because it is so similiar to the debates during Hitler's agenda in europe. Early on in his campaign i think the allied forces told him serveral times that this would be his "last chance". I remember a political cartoon of a pub where hitler was at the bar. On the counter were boottles labeled with european nations in the order of which hitler invaded. Hitler was basically saying over and over, just one more drink, and later we soon found out that there would never be just 'one more'. It seems the UN is just buying more time to think of a executable plan that will look good in the public eye. I think some nation's realize that the UN is currently weak and can't make any big decisions so this is the best time to fufill their agendas.
and buy the agenda fillers i mean the nation's like N Korea.
This political cartoon represents the UN as a group of people who are living in ignorance. There is a movie called The Holiday and even though this analogy is applied to the relationships of men and women, it can also be applied to the relationship the UN has with North Korea: Every time your enemy does something great, you applaud them and think that they are making an effort to change, but every time they betray your trust, you brush it off because you have faith that they can change. The description is probably the political cartoon in words.
What can you do besides giving them "one more chance"? Blow them up? I'm sure Mr. Il (is that his family name? I'm not sure about Korean names...) has some serious protection, and the North Koreans are improverished enough anyway. We have to trust him, until proven otherwise, because he says he's stopping his nuclear program (and has shown evidence as such) and only the most extreme of hawks could find any reason to increase pressure on him now.
And just for the record, North Korea is nothing like Germany, which had in the 30's and always has had a huge military and industrial base. Sure, things may be different in the nuclear age, but only a lunatic would launch nukes from an undefended country, and I think all of the rhetoric about Il has mostly been empty insults.
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