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Am I a coward, please give me advice, I have self doubts?
im a tall man, 22, highly educated , works out, my entire family are policemen, went out for a few beers tonight before i went to the pub , i wanted a few cans in the local field to save some money and there was a group of guys about 18/19 years old, i treated them nicely but they found out my family are police men and one guy began i boxing match with me, i thought he was kidding at first until he jumped up and punched me in the head at that point i put him in a reverse headlock ( im taller than him ) and threw him to the ground ( there was 20 of his friends around who robbed my beer ) and he got back up at which point i took my jacket and went home, i know i could have won the fight but as i said, im 22, with a university degree, my family are police men and im currently a recruit in the irish reserve defence forces with a police background check currently in progress, i want a military career as an officer so did i do the right thing as a man or am i a coward ???????
For controlling your adrenaline under stress and knowing when to end it?
Anything more in that situation would have been foolish and I think you know it. The more you fought the more he and his friends would have fought back. You proved the point that you can defend yourself when attacked enough no one else tried jumping you, as bad as that situation was any member of that group could have kept it going but even with their numbers chose not to.
Keeping calm under pressure is a valuable asset to a police/military man, beating the crap out of someone over pride alone is best left to those with no future to loose.
On October 9, 2006 in open defiance of previous United Nations Security Council resolutions conducted its first nuclear weapons test. On October 14th. the U.N. Security Council passed Resolution 1718 in response. This resolution called for a range of sanctions against North Korea. Less than a month earlier the U. S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued a report entitled Recognizing North Korea as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States to assess the threat. But does the UN's latest resolution make the United States, or any other part of the world safer ? Using the House Committee Report as a guide, I want to take a look at that question.
THREAT: Conventional Military
North Korea has an active duty military of over 1.2 million people, with 5 million more in reserve. The Resolution 1718 does forbid the sale of tanks and other heavy military goods to the North Koreans. So there is some help here if the sanctions can be effectively enforced, and this is a big if.
THREAT: Nuclear Weapons Program
This is the big one ! The Resolution 1718 was enacted specifically to counter this threat. Even if the resolution makes us safer in some ways, yet this threat continues the resolution will have failed. Sanctions passed include a ban on trade with North Korea in any materials, services, expertise than can be used to make a nuclear weapon. All nations are also required to ban travel by, and freeze financial assets of anyone connected to North Korea's nuclear program. However as in the above example, it remains to be seen if the sanctions can be effectively enforced.
THREAT:Chemical and Biological Weapons
Sanctions are also included in the resolution to counter this threat, particularly if delivered by ballistic missile. If anything the chemical and biological threat from North Korea is believed to be bigger than the nuclear one. Here too enforcement will be the key. Even though the resolution calls on all nations to board and inspect all ships entering or leaving North Korea, its a big ocean !
THREAT: North Korea as a Criminal Enterprise
The House report identifies North Korea as the only nation/state that could also be regarded as an ongoing criminal enterprise. There is wide evidence of their involvement in counterfeiting ( They are by far the world's largest source of so called "supernotes".) This alone puts the financial sector of every country in the world in danger. They are also believed to have been involved in kidnapping, and narcotics for many years. The resolution at best touches on the edge of these threats. While we are boarding ships looking for baned items we might accidentally stumble on something. However I don't find "might accidentally" very reassuring.
THREAT: North Korea as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.
The United States State Department has listed North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism for many years. The House report does not address this issue as a separate item. There is also little in the latest U.N. resolution that might counter this threat. To be fair Resolution 1718 is narrowly focused on the nuclear threat, and the Security Council was not asked to address any other threat formally. Its worth noting that terrorism is not likely to be conducted by the North Korean government directly.
This threat is probably conducted through various surrogate organizations. North Korea's role is in providing financial and other assistance to these surrogate groups. In my view this may well be the biggest threat to the U.S. homeland. Terrorist delivery of a nuclear device, as opposed to delivery by ballistic missile is more likely. It is also more in line with the size and weight of the device they are believed to have developed. There is little or no help in the resolution on this threat.
ARE WE SAFER ?
The North Koreans through their United Nations Ambassador immediately Resolution 1718. In fact their representative stormed out of the Security Council Chamber in protest. The success of most of the sanctions we were able to get through the Security Council are heavily dependent on the reluctant cooperation of nations such as Russia, and China. Success of the sanctions are also dependent on our ability to enforce them. Enforcement will take place from afar, including on the high seas. This will make enforcement challenging ! Personally I feel the increase in world peace, and safety will be minimal at best. In the worst case the sanctions will cause the North Korean government to fail, completely destabilizing an already fragile country. If this happens nobody really knows what will happen. If anything is scarier than North Korea with a nuclear device, its the thought of nobody knowing the location or having control over the nuclear devices the former North Korea used to have. The October 14th resolution may have a small positive effect. However North Korea is one of the biggest reasons this is a dangerous world, and this resolution by itself is too weak to change that.
Robert A. Crutchfield is editor of Homeland Security HQ ( [http://www.homelandsecurityhq.us] .) He has also served on the advisory board of Defense of Houston since October 2001. He was a founding member of the Homeland Security and National Defense Task Force of the Harris County (Houston) Texas Republican Party. He also served in the Military Police Corps-Texas State Guard, Red Cross Disaster Services, and the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary. He has been involved in Search and Rescue, Crowd Control, Disaster Damage Assessment, Mass Care, Shelter Operations and many other functions.
He is a graduate of the Professional Development Series at the National Emergency Management Institute ( FEMA.) He has also completed the Critical Infastructure: Vulnerability Analysis and Protection Course at the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security. He has recieved additional training at the National Terrorism Preparedness Institute, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Texas Engineering Extension Service.