Who's the Bigger Threat, Iran or North Korea?

United States
June 19, 2009 6:27pm CST
Who do you think is the bigger threat at the moment? Does anyone else think its scary that Biden's one prediction has actually come true? I think it is North Korea at the moment since Iran is busy with all the protests. I really think it is scary that Biden's prediction has come true. I also think that it is ironic that the USS John McCain is the ship tracking the North Korean ship.
4 responses
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
27 Jun 09
Bigger threat is North Korea. They are now capable of launching Nuclear Attack, in any region in Asia, where the United State is ally. The President of this country is unsound mind. He is very selfish President, not consider the lives of his constituent. He don't mind if his constituent is eating regularly everyday or not. He don't mind if his fellow North Korean, is die for no reason in a war. The important with him is to impose what the devil say on his part. He is not listening to every approach that the United Nation, will do. Even his ally China, that support on him, is ignore them. So, he is big threat even in Russia. Because we don't know is the mind of this President...?
• United States
24 Jun 09
I'm not so sure either is a real threat. When was the last time the US was attacked in a full scale invasion? War of 1812, I believe was the last time a full scale invasion of the US from another country occured. I've noticed that democratic governments normally don't fight each other but when a dictator type leader takes over, the country tends to move towards war pulling in truly democratic countries into the conflict. When people of a nation are free to discuss and even protest the threat gets less. So, with this in mind, the people in Iran are much freer to protest than they are in No Korea, so I guess No Korea is more of a threat. But, I can't see No Korea doing any real damage anyway.
@emmanola (482)
20 Jun 09
There is nothing like big or small threat. Both Iran and North Korea are threats to their neighbouring countries and to the entire world in general. However, the biggest threats are the ones we are not aware of. We may have to carefully consider what is happening in every country to know which is a threat and which is not. For instance, Somalia has become a threat not only to her neighbours but to the entire world in general. We should not forget the spate of piracy off the coast of Somalia; even the ship of powerful countries have been seized in the past and those pirates are not relenting! We may equally consider the situation in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Phillipines, etc. By so doing, we know that threat is everywhere. In fact what one country consider a threat is not a threat to another country. For instance, Russia may be secretly rejoicing by the way the North Korean leaders are flexing their muscles in defiance of the rest of the world and especially the United States of America.
@PrarieStyle (2486)
• United States
21 Jun 09
I have to say it's a tie. Both are classic examples of what not being able to forgive and hate can do to a country, to people... Their leaders have kept them oppressed, uneducated, and mentally abused for generations. The internet is going to save the world. Bill Gates deserves a Nobel Peace Prize if this has a good outcome. I think taking away their internet connections is what really angered them. They have been able to take a look outside the box their evil rulers have been keeping them in. North Korea on the other hand has no internet access although their evil ruler does. They have computers and are constantly told that they are the most technological people in the world... They have been taught to hate America and Americans for generations also. They are taught nursery rhymes since birth about killing us... Both countries are nutty, ticking time bombs...