The year was 2038. Tensions had been rising in a cold war between the United States and North Korea for the past thirty to forty years. Before the day of the massive North Korean land assault on Japan, the United States’ foreign policy favored isolationism and tried to stay out of Eastern Asian activities. The idea was that if the U.S. underwent containment and just allowed Communism in the few Eastern Asian countries, then eventually the Communist countries would collapse on their own. Also, the U.S. knew that the best way to keep up its economy was to continue undergoing free and open trade with all nations. Many people favored an attempt of détente with North Korea. However, the U.S. did involve itself very minorly in this Eastern Asian
