North Korea hasn't been involved in a war in almost fifty years; Iraq has been involved in several conflicts in the last twenty-five years. ... That North Korea won't use their nuclear weapons? ... North Korea has a much better track record than Iraq and North Korea can be reasoned with. ... North Korea's economy is a mess and I believe with the right amount of money that North Korea can be persuaded to disarm. ... From Japan's occupation of North Korea, to North Korea's kidnapping of dozens of Japanese citizens. ...

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The U.S. entered into the war on South Korea's side and this action brought China into the war. ... During the war, the north pushed deep into South Korea but the south managed to push them out and up into North Korea. ... The Korean War began in 1950 when the south was invaded by the north. ... During the Korean War, North Korea may have used nuclear weapons on the south, if they had them. ... During the Korean War, the U.S. fought on the side of South Korea and China was on North Korea's side. ...

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The Cold War is a difficult term to define. ... Another problem with the Cold war is that because it is a vague term, there is no actual start date to the war. ... In order to describe the causes of the Cold War, it is important to fully understand what the Cold War actually means. The term "Cold War" means a war fought on every front except actual fighting. ... It is possible to say that the Cold War was a war of Communism versus Capitalism. ...

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Gunka Government 1 January 10, 2003 Is war the best answer for the United States when there are so many problems that we are already plagued by? There are an abundance of reasons for war but I do not think President Bush has attained a good enough reason to invade Iraq. ... The communist country of North Korea has withdrawn from the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty, which was signed in 1994 to hold N. Korea's nuclear facilities in exchange for energy supplies. ... Not a single person knows whether the Untied States and Iraq will go to war. ...

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Imagine the chaos and death of a nuclear war, or just one nuclear bomb. ... The UN provides a place where nations can talk over problems before going to war and making deadly mistakes. ... The year is 1950 and North communism Korea has just invaded South (Americanism) Korea. ... Korea because the evil comies are taking over from the north is bias, but saying that the UN should go into Korea to stop nuclear war is not. ... United States of America soon starts loosing the war, since the combined forces of the UN couldn't fight North Korea and China, so the USA turns to nuclear weapons. ...

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In, 1950, when the Korean War started, NATO was one of the crucial factors in helping the fight against North Korea. ... He promised that he would personally go to Korea to help end the war. ... The Korean War had just commenced. ... Finally, on July 27, 1953 an Armistice was signed constricting North Korea and South Korea to their pre-war borders. ... A poll taken right after the Korean War ended showed that sixty-two percent of Americans that the war was not worth fighting. ...

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The first time a world organization took part in a fighting war was when the UN intervened in the Korean War in the 1950's. The UN forced the communists of North Korea to withdraw from South Korea. The UN aided Korea by sending troops and supplies to help. On July 27, 1953, North Korea and the UN signed a cease-fire agreement and the communist troops were expelled. ...

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Public opinion over proliferation has varied widely over the past five decades, ranging from mass hysteria during the Cold-War era, to indifference. ... Perhaps this is the most critical period due to the fact that in the post Cold-War era there is not one imminent threat, but a multitude of threats. ... The withdrawal of North Korea serves as the first challenge to the NPT. Korean officials claimed that their withdrawal from the treaty was a self-defensive measure taken against the United States and the IAEA. ... Uncertainty, fear, and continued disputes over Kashmir characterize these co...

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At the end of the Cold War in 1989, the threat of nuclear war was reduced. ... The new anti- ballistic missile system will, as the U.S claims, defend against the current enemies; Afghanistan, Iraq and possibly North Korea, although the U.S ties are becoming stronger with Pyongyang as North and South Korea are undergoing peace treaty talks. ... The U.S does not have the strongest ties with North Korea and North Korea does not have the capabilities to destroy a power like the United States. "North Korea What would such a state gain by attacking the United States except its own destruction?" .....

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The increasing discussion of cyber warfare would come as no surprise to anyone: cyberattacks on components of US defence cyber-infrastructure, and the probable strategic, military cyberattacks by Russia on Estonia, then on Georgia, and probable attacks by China, North Korea, and Iran on US defence and economic targets. ... For example North Korea denying hacking into computer systems at Sony pictures in retaliation for a film depicting the country's leader. ... This is of extremely dissimilar from all traditional weapons of war. ... Within hours of the start of the Russia-Georgia war, Aug...

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The basic premises of the new alignment of the world developed in the final stages of the war. ... Differences between the former Allies after it was generally uniting them during the war aim, moved to another plane. ... In addition, the United States played in the war, and as the largest creditor of the coalition, which after the war proved to be financially dependent on the United States. ... The establishment of the ruined economy of the country also participated huge army of prisoners of war. However, by 1945 the country was far from the pre-war economic indicators. ...

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Workplaces stored water and food in preparation for a nuclear war that did not materialize. Through the early years of the cold war Americans believed that nuclear weapons were war fighting tools that were likely to be used in an international conflict involving both the US and the Soviet Union; however, nuclear weapons were not used on China during the Korean War for fear that the Soviet Union might retaliate with a nuclear weapons attack on the U.S. ... At that point, nuclear weapons were no longer weapons of war, they were political tools useful for avoiding nuclear war and manipulating...

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In Judge Kaufman's statement upon sentencing the Rosenberg's, he sternly stated, "Citizens of this country who betray their fellow countrymen can be under none of the delusions about the benignity of Soviet power that they might have been prior to World War II. ... Russia would perfect the bomb caused the Communist aggression in Korea, resulting in over 50,000 causalities and many more to follow. ...

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Looming not too distantly on the horizon was the juggernaut of World War II. ... Yet all this was put to a stop, for a time, as the nation was hurled headlong into the war. ... Hundreds of thousands of troops were shipped off to aid the war in both the European and Pacific fronts. ... And Hollywood, who had before been ridiculed for its works, now began producing pro-war films and propaganda, helping enormously with the "home front-, maintaining civilian confidence and keeping the country afloat in times of war. ... Still today, warnings of possible nuclear-based terrorist attacks, and of Nor...

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Some of these jobs included: a reporter for the New York Journal, a reporter for the Washington Herald; he was chief of the overseas news agency bureau; he was assistant chief of mission for the Office of War information; he was a correspondent for overseas News agency in Italy, Austria, Germany, Turkey, and Hungary; he was chief of staff emeritus for the Atlantic beach Navy, he was a member of mission to Korea for United Nations, he was a member of the staff for the Democratic National Committee, and last he was a consultant to the National Aeronautics and Space council, and the department ...

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For years, movie writers and novelists alike have scared the world time and time again with the chilling tales of nuclear war. ... I think not) that tension between the two super powers had tightened, and the world was on the brink of war. ... But never the less, the following mourning after the late night arrival of Randy's brother's family, war breaks out. ... This two chapter synopses of the "war of all wars" is the only time that Pat Frank in any of his science fiction novels shows victory (for what its worth in a nuclear war to the United Sates) because he made it a poin...

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There is still nuclear war and how that our world has enough nuclear weapons to kill everyone and the planet 10 times over. ... They where "racing" each other to make the first atomic bomb but America got there first and tested its strength in Japan twice which ended World War 2. ... Now the new news is North Korea and how they are starting to build more weapons of mass destruction and using missile technology to reach as far as America, this means they have the ability to wage a nuclear war on basically anyone from there own country. ...

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One is that if Iran decides to go ahead with its nuclear plans against all odds, just as was the case in North Korea, there is almost certainly no stopping her. ... Hence, the acquisition of nuclear powers will not lead to proliferation of weapons, rather it would only create a balance and most likely reduce the possibility of the outbreak of war and there has never been any serious war between two nuclear powers Furthermore, on the speech delivered by the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. ...

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Langewiesche claims that these small cells require "ever more dramatic acts in their war against the West," (17) which heighten the likelihood that they would use nuclear weapons. ... This problem is gradually being rectified, but much of the nuclear inventory cannot be accounted for, since it was not thoroughly tracked after the Cold War. ... Khan research Laboratories provided a nuclear weapons program, which sold components to Iran, North Korea, and Libya as well as another, possibly Syria or Saudi Arabia. ...

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These countries have just acquired the capability of firing a nuclear missile and starting world war III. ... In 1991 after the Gulf War, Iraq was found to in violation of the NPT for having a large scale nuclear program. Also, around the same time North Korea was found to have violated their NPT agreement, for harvesting weapon-usable rods from a reactor. ... With this definition in mind, there are a wide variety of guidelines that a country can adapt: "whether they are basically offensive or defensive in nature; whether they call for a decisive use of force or whether they permit more...

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