The war of words between two men, wielding nuclear power, goes on. In response to US president Donald Trump’s threats of military action over his previous atomic tests, Kim Jong-Un, the North Korean leader, has said in a televised statement, that North Korea could test a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific Ocean.
In retallation, Trump has said that his “nuclear button is much bigger and more powerful and it works”. What kind of US president brags about the size of his nuclear button?
It would surprise me if by the end of 2018, some kind of nuclear strike would not happen. In effect this would mean that the future of the world and our lives, and the lives of our posterity, are in the hands of one or two mad persons. This reminds us of a James Bond story where the villain is wielding power and can hold the world to ransom.
Trump had said that Kim was “obviously a mad man who would be tested like never before”. In response, Kim accused Trump of being “mentally deranged and pay dearly for his threats”. At the moment, this is only a war of words between two mad men. Let us hope that it remains just that – a war of words. If this escalates any more than that, a war of the words, history bears witness of another mad man, Adolf Hitler, who could have destroyed the world in his quest for military supremacy.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
