Of the three members of the “Axis of Evil,” North Korea is by any rational calculation a great threat. “North Korea boasts the world’s fourth-largest military and has 37,000 American troops within easy striking range of South Korea.” With Seoul, South Korea only 34 miles away from the demilitarized zone and well within striking distance of the North Korean artillery tubes. (“Grigg”, 1) A North Korean advisor has stated that if the U.S. attempts to take actions to disarm them of their nuclear weapons that they “would take immediate strong and merciless retaliatory measures” and promise “horrible disasters” to the South Korean people. (“Barringer and Davis”, 1) When it comes to international politics North Korea chooses to manipulate
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