The Greater of Two Evils One of the main topics in political news around the world today is the action of the North Korea leader, Kim Jong-UN. Between conducting unauthorized weapons test to executing other North Korean politicians, Kim Jong-UN has sparked many debates about his leadership skills and if he is a good leader for North Korea. He has even been compared to other leaders like the twenty-century dictator, Joseph Stalin. Even though Stalin has committed more heinous crimes then Kim Jong-UN, Stalin has had more of a positive impact on his country. There are many different governmental systems in world and when looking at different political systems, there is a discernible continuum of freedom offered to the citizens. Democracies offer
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It was because of these mass imprisonments and purges that Stalin was a recognized and respected leader around the world. He brought Russia to new heights. Stalin even has an effect on Russia today. On a broadcast about Nikita Khrushcheva’s secret speech, Professor Nina Khrushcheva stated, “…no citizen wants to be a member of a weak, defeated nation. So you have to get your pride somewhere. And Stalin, especially now when the Gulags are no longer, you can look back and think, well, it was the time, it was the order that Stalin provided, the prices were going down, we were respected around the world, and so on (“Russia and Stalin on the Rise” para 18).” Russians today look up to Stalin’s reign as an example of what they want Russia to be like today. Even current President of Russia, Vladimir Putin has looked to the way that Stalin ruled for guidance. Putin is taking the good that came out of Stalin 's reign and using it in campaign as President. He is trying to bring order and respect back to Russia as a country, while not being a brutal dictator ("Russia and Stalin on the …show more content…
Jong-UN had scheduled to have a long-range ballistic missile and a nuclear weapons test to be conducted some time in the year 2016. When the order for the weapons testing became public knowledge many countries ordered North Korea to cancel the test. The country that pushed the hardest to get Kim Jong-UN to cancel the test was China, North Korea’s only major political ally. Jong-UN refused to orders to stop to insure that North Korea has a working way to deliver a nuclear payload to a distant target. Many believe that this is a way North Korea is trying to get the attention of the United States and its allies and to prevent them form changing their way of life. On January 6th, 2016, the weapon test was conducted ("What the Nuclear Weapons Test
It was because of these mass imprisonments and purges that Stalin was a recognized and respected leader around the world. He brought Russia to new heights. Stalin even has an effect on Russia today. On a broadcast about Nikita Khrushcheva’s secret speech, Professor Nina Khrushcheva stated, “…no citizen wants to be a member of a weak, defeated nation. So you have to get your pride somewhere. And Stalin, especially now when the Gulags are no longer, you can look back and think, well, it was the time, it was the order that Stalin provided, the prices were going down, we were respected around the world, and so on (“Russia and Stalin on the Rise” para 18).” Russians today look up to Stalin’s reign as an example of what they want Russia to be like today. Even current President of Russia, Vladimir Putin has looked to the way that Stalin ruled for guidance. Putin is taking the good that came out of Stalin 's reign and using it in campaign as President. He is trying to bring order and respect back to Russia as a country, while not being a brutal dictator ("Russia and Stalin on the …show more content…
Jong-UN had scheduled to have a long-range ballistic missile and a nuclear weapons test to be conducted some time in the year 2016. When the order for the weapons testing became public knowledge many countries ordered North Korea to cancel the test. The country that pushed the hardest to get Kim Jong-UN to cancel the test was China, North Korea’s only major political ally. Jong-UN refused to orders to stop to insure that North Korea has a working way to deliver a nuclear payload to a distant target. Many believe that this is a way North Korea is trying to get the attention of the United States and its allies and to prevent them form changing their way of life. On January 6th, 2016, the weapon test was conducted ("What the Nuclear Weapons Test