Berlin Crisis North Korea Op-Ed
North Korea is threatening to conduct another nuclear test if the United States continues to sustain a hostile position in the territory. In response, many feel we need to pull our military in order to avoid any type of escalation. However, I’d ask people to look back at the Berlin Crisis as a reminder of the positive outcomes that could be gained by standing tall.

On May 13th Khrushchev released the following statement in regards to the U2 spy plane incident, “If the U.S is going to unleash war and if they never experienced an atom bomb on their territory, they certainly will in the first minutes of the war.” Khrushchev saw the use of a spy plane over Soviet t...

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