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Resolution: North Korea poses a more serious threat to United States National Security than Iran.

INTRODUCTION: Nations reacted swiftly Tuesday in condemning a North Korean artillery attack that South Korea said killed two marines and wounded 15 soldiers and civilians. The United States also offered quick comment, with the White House saying it "strongly condemns" the "belligerent action" by North Korea. Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said Defense Secretary Robert Gates was scheduled to speak with his South Korean counterpart Tuesday morning. "Obviously we're in close contact with U.S. forces, Korea and our allies there in monitoring the situation," Lapan said. According to http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-23/world/nkorea.skorea.reax_1_north-koreaartillery-attack-inter-korean?_s=PM:WORLD This shows that the U.S. is closely taking careful measures against North Korea to prevent the United States security to [of] being threatened. That just proved that North Korea is already a National Security threat whilst Iran is of no immediate threat. Hello, my name is Michelle Chong and I am here with my partner Brian to affirm the resolution: North Korea is more of a National Security threat to the United States than Iran. I would like to start by defining the terms used in the resolution. National Security: The physical security of a nation, such as the safety of the people and safety of the government. The safety and the physical well-being of the nation and government can be measured. A threat is: an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage (according to Merriam-Webster.com) CONTENTIONS:

1. For my first contention I would like to state that North Korea has a high advancement in
the technology of nuclear weaponry, enough so that they can install fear in the enemies they oppose against. North Korea has so much power with nuclear technology that they can wipe out their enemies with fear and multiple bombings on citizens and soldiers. This makes them more dangerous than Iran, as North Korea wants to: Raise tensions on the peninsula in order to get Washingtons attention. In particular, North Korea appears keen to hold bilateral talks with the United States, something both the Bush and Obama administrations have been wary of doing. According to http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/world/asia/24north.html Also, according to http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/northkorea/nuclear_p rogram/index.html In October 2006, North Korea became the world's eighth atomic power, conducting an underground nuclear weapons test. Perhaps the most startling to Western officials was the decision in November to reveal to a visiting Stanford University professor a previously unknown nuclear enrichment plant. His report led officials to conclude that North Korea's nuclear technology was significantly more

advanced than that of Iran and that the plant could not have been constructed so quickly unless there was a sophisticated network of other secret sites and perhaps a fully running uranium enrichment plant elsewhere in the country. The evidence I have presented shows that North Korea has access to weapons of nuclear technology and they are rising in efficiency of nuclear weaponry. This is evidence that North Korea can take their technology and use it against the U.S.. North Korea is also rising in the charts to the usage of nuclear weaponry and cannot be stopped in their advancement. North Korea can use it against many of the major countries of the world including the U.S.. Iran, on the other hand, is not as sophisticated in their nuclear technology. This shows that North Korea is more of a direct National Security Threat for [to] the U.S. than Iran.

2.For my second contention, I would like to state that because North Korea is an unstable
government, we dont know what they might do next. Also, North Koreas leader Kim JongIll is dying and their country/government is at an unstable stage, deciding whos going to take control next. Iran is, on the contrary, a much more stable government with a non-dying leader and so the U.S. can efficiently guess what Iran is going to do next. According to http://www.ndu.edu/press/OPCON-transition-korean-peninsula.html The problem of North Korea confounds America today as much as it did 60 years ago. A rogue regime holds sway over a population of 23 million that is poised for war and intensely skeptical of the "Yankee" puppet government to the south. Negotiations, ongoing for decades, have come to seem hopelessly fruitless. The world has watched helplessly as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has perpetuated diplomatic misdirection, disingenuous bargaining, and nuclear brinkmanship. According to _______ (Evidence that Iran has a more stable government) This proves that North Korea is an unstable government that can be dangerous because of its fickle nature. Since North Korea is an unstable government, we cannot predict what they are going to do militarily and politically. We cannot efficiently defend ourselves against this National Security threat. This endangers our physical safety, the people, and endangering the National Security of the United States. If you can find evidence, add information about why his sons election would make the government more unstable, since Kim Jong-Ils dictatorship will soon end. (I.e. Government officials are trying to take control of North Korea and Kim Jong-Ils son is not powerful enough to take control)

3. For my third contention, I say that North Korea is more of a National security threat than
Iran because North Korea has China as their Allie. China aids North Korea with resources, war supplies, and weapons. This is dangerous for war against them as North Korea has vast amounts of resources that they have access to from China. According to http://www.nytimes.com/cfr/world/slot2_071306.html Pyongyang is economically dependent on China, which provides most of its food and energy supplies. North Korea gets about 70 percent of its food and 70 to 80 percent of its fuel

from China. Beijing is Pyongyang's largest trading partner, and an estimated 300,000 North Koreans live in China, many of them migrant workers who send much-needed remittances back home. The evidence I have presented confirms that China is a definite Allie to North Korea. They support one another, one of the top economic countries in the world assisting one of the worlds most deadly countries with their military troops. (This is more of a National Security Threat than Iran, as Iran may have more allies than North Korea, they are not as strong as China.) The fuel that is also provided cheaply to North Korea from China assists their research in nuclear technology, making it an immediate National Security Threat to the U.S. Iran, stated in my first contention, has less technological advancements in nuclear technology than North Korea, and North Korea has the willingness to attack the U.S.. North Korea is also in a critical condition, deciding who takes control next in an unstable government. This comes together to say that North Korea is more of a National Security Threat than Iran.

I would try to find evidence that China is willing to support North Korea because there are a lot of evidence that says China will not support North Korea. The link below is on why China will abandon North Korea. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/11/30/3080250.htm

EXCESS EVIDENCE: China is also a strong political ally. "As an authoritarian regime that reformed, they understand what Kim Jung-Il is most concerned with--survival," Segal says. China has repeatedly blocked UN Security Council resolutions against North Korea, including some threatening sanctions. China has also hosted the Six-Party Talks, a series of meetings in which North Korea, South Korea, Japan, China, Russia, and the United States have tried to resolve the security concerns associated with North Korea's nuclear weapons program. There and in other international forums, China is seen as a buffer between North Korea and the United States and Japan, which favor punitive sanctions and other measures to prevent Pyongyang from gaining nuclear weapons. According to http://www.nytimes.com/cfr/world/slot2_071306.html http://213.251.145.96/).

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