North Korea Wishes To Up Military Power To Fight U.S.

North Korea has undoubtedly been a source of political tension in the years following the Korean War. However, in recent years, that tension has heightened, following the death of Kim Jong-il and his son's rise to power.

As of February 23rd, 2015, Kim Jong-un called for full combat-readiness and the change in machinery of his military during his chairing of a Workers' Party of Korea meeting. He delivered his (*ahem*) "historical" speech during the extended meeting of the party's Central Military Commission.

Kim Jong-un called on the commission to prepare, and be ready for, any type of full-blown war. He went on to clarify that he, more specifically, meant war with the United States of America.

He said he believed that, although the North's armed forces have done well in protecting North Korea's people and territory, it was time to build on their current combat capabilities. The Korean Central News Agency has said; 

“Emphasizing the need for the Korean People’s Army (KPA) to focus all of its efforts on rounding off combat readiness this year, he said it was necessary to simplify the machinery of the KPA and indicated the direction and ways for reorganizing the machinery in such a way to realize the strategic intention of the Supreme Command any time,”

This realization of North Korea's desired aggression against the United States is likely not an oversized epiphany for Americans, who are much aware of North Korean attitude toward America and its citizens.

However, this raises the question, should we be concerned? The debate over North Korea's potential security risk for America is long-running and, unfortunately, will not be solved on this blog, today. We must all form an individual opinion, based on our own potential-losses, and personal experiences on how it is America should handle this issue.

That's all I have to say, but I'll be back tomorrow.

"Ultimately, if people lose their willingness to recognize that there are times in our history when legality becomes distinct from morality." -Edward Snowden