A pre-emptive attack is when a nation or a coalition of nations takes a precautionary step to eliminate a threat before the threat carries out such attacks.
A good example of this was in the Six Day War between Israel and Arab nations surrounding the country. Hostility and threats were building up around the nation so Israel took the first move to insure their safety in the region.
Kim Jong Un, his father, and his grandfather have made such threats in the past without any action to back it up. So there is an understanding of reason as to why the United States haven’t made the first move yet in this long history of threats with North Korea.
But although the validity of North Korea’s threats are being questioned, these gestures of conflict should not go under our radar nor should we have to be skeptical as to whether a nuclear bomb will go off somewhere in the world or not. The only way we can get North Korea’s attention of this matter and make them understand the consequences of their words is by a pre-emptive attack against their nation.
This nation needs to understand that the rhetoric they chose to use is unacceptable in a world where such threats are taken serious. These threats, that are more talk than anything else, caused panic in a country that has experienced acts of terror first-hand.
North Korea has been called “a black hole” from an intelligence standpoint and it’s nearly impossible to get access into the country and once you do, you are confined to the parts of the country that they want you to see. Most of our intelligence agencies only find out about what North Korea is capable of once they do it.
Why should we be living in fear of a country that decides to be the bully of the international playground whenever it chooses?
Some may argue that since we’ve not seen any actions taken place by North Korea it’s ethically wrong to attack a country that hasn’t actually attacked them. In some cases this argument would be right but not when it comes to the situation in North Korea.
United States government officials have stated that they have tried to hold talks with North Korean leaders, which was obviously not successful. This is why the argument for a pre-emptive strike is valid. After many attempts at peace in the area, North Korea still continues to use their rhetoric to make threats at the United States.
If we really want North Korea to end their random actions against the United States we need to show them how serious we take their words and strike first before they have the capabilities to strike at us.