A starving North Korea is begging for food from foreign nations. Flood, a brutal winter, and livestock disease has made the situation worse in a country where malnutrition is already a way of life. The North Korean government has ordered its embassy personnel to basically beg. It is currently betting from Japan, a country that North Korea usually threatens.
The United States cut off food aid several years ago over concerns about nuclear transparency. It has said it has no plans to start up again. The UN Food Program has said it will only contribute food for another month.
According to the Washington Post:
The request has put the United States and other Western countries in the uncomfortable position of having to decide whether to ignore the pleas of a starving country or pump food into a corrupt distribution system that often gives food to those who need it least.
We have always been a generous nation, even with our enemies, at least in the 20th century. North Korea is simply too much of a problem to start giving hand outs. A country that won’t play by the rules and issues threats all the time is in no position to be asking favors. On the other hand, there are starving people. The question we must ask ourselves is, would the starving people even get the food? I would give food only if I could distribtute it to those in need. If our troops went anywhere near there to give food, they would probably fire on them.
What do you think we should do?
Notice North Korea at night. The people have no electricity:
