My topic title does sound extremely reckless and bold, but it is the reality we must face. Kim Jong Il rivals Hitler with his concentration camps that hold 400,000(?) usually from simple crimes such as criticizing the government or in one case, tearing a portrait of Kim Jong Il in half. Another crime includes attempting to escape into China by risking their lives from snipers and border guards on the North Korean border. Even if a Korean does make it to China, many are caught and deported back to North Korea. China does not recognize North Koreans as refugees but as illegal immigrants.
North Korea also holds one of the most infamous famines. 3 million starving citizens have withered away because of a simple deficiency of rice.
The regime also upholds a Propganda Comittee in which they cover and disguise many of the atrocities the government has caused. They have even been able to convince the citizens that America is in South Korea simply for imperialistic reasons. Many North Koreans don't even know a man has walked on the moon.
With many futile diplomatic attempts, we have moved tiny steps forward ; still useless. To attempt to derive peace from Kim Jong Il and a unification in Korea is impossible. People argue that perhaps once Kim dies, there may be a chance of a more open, capitalistic leader. Unfortunately, there still remains a good 30 to 40 years of leadership of the tyrant; there still lies the possibility his sons may be even more oppressive.
Throughout our high school education, students have asked, "Why do we learn history?" which the teacher promptly replies,"History repeats itself." The situation in North Korea parallels the crimes of humanity Hitler had committed. While Hitler marched into Poland, the world watched and did nothing; Kim Jong Il ruthlessly allows 3 million to starve while government income is spent on nuclear weapons. If Hitler and Kim were alive during the same time period, they would make an powerful team.
The underlying message for my justification of a war is that 23,301,725 human beings have been violated of their human rights. They are secluded, blinded, and thoughroly brainwashed. Our fellow man has been treated far beyond the line of how a human should be treated. Families are separated in the North and South from a the 38th Parallel guarded by heavily armed soldiers and landmines. Rifles are fired onto good humans trying to help their fellow Korean escape into freedom as they are halted in their tracks by a sniper bullet. The world must use force to free North Koreans from Kim Kim Jong Il.
Here is a video that depicts the pain of North Korea - http://youtube.com/watch?v=nBzHCVv5GeQ
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