North Korean Aggressions Summary

Rising North Korean aggressions are nothing new to their neighbors but Kim Jong Un’s terror campaign has lasting effects on the Japanese. The New York Times Tokyo cheif Motoko Rich writes an article explaining the most recent missile test by North Korea. She also explains how the United States wants Japan, and other countries involved, to react to the most recent aggressions. The author uses an Ethos argument by quoting many experts with a single opinion without giving any opposing opinions or arguments. Motoko Rich is writing an article about North Korean Aggressions, rising world expectations and she is using an Ethos argument to do so. The article I have chosen to examine explains the rising U.S. , N. Korean tenions and what japan's responsibilities are in the face of the crises; Whilst the author does not state her own opinion on the matter outright she does use selective sources to create an Ethos argument. …show more content…
More specifically she is explaining the rising tentions between North Korea and Japan, and by assosiation the United States. She begins by explaining what sparked the uproar; North Korea launched a missle over Japanese airspace and landed (Rich, 2017, p . 1) “landed in the Pacific Ocean, about 1,370 miles east of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island”. She continues to explain what Japan could and should have done.(Mizokami 2017) Japan is outfited with PAC-3 missle defence system and not the THAAD missle defence system the United States uses, what does that mean? While the Japanese could have shot down the missle it would reaveal vital information about how the missile system works such as where the missle defence PAC-3’s are located and how it follows balistic missles. Without the up to date THAAD system the United States is using, Japan cannot risk shooting down missles unless they are a direct