United States vs. North Korea: A crossroads with destiny

American writer Robert Frost (1874-1963) wrote a poem called "The Road Not Taken." 

The poem ends with: 

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— /

I took the one less traveled by, /

And that has made all the difference.”

That line has more meaning for us today when it comes to the United States and the growing crisis against North Korea. 

On Tuesday, Nov. 28, North Korea launched its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) into Japanese waters. Fox News reported that the missile traveled 2,800 miles into space, more than any previous launch test by the North to date. It gives North Korea the ability to launch an ICBM nuclear warhead anywhere in the world. 

President Trump responded by saying the United States will deal with North Korea. 

There was a time when the United States could have destroyed North Korea before we reached this situation in our present day. 

Now, the United States is at a crossroads: how to deal with North Korea. 

There are only two paths the United States can follow when it comes to North Korea and the Communist regime of "Rocket Man" Kim Jong Un. 

The first is to do nothing. This means letting North Korea reach full nuclear capabilities and make the rogue nation a nuclear weapons program unhindered by the United States. In short, appeasing North Korea and letting them launch nuclear weapons on the continental U.S. 

That is something we cannot and will not allow. 

The second is to take action. The United States must increase its military capabilities. This means enlisting more men and women into the U.S. Armed Forces and updating our ability to defend the United States homeland, including shooting down North Korean missiles in the atmosphere before they hit the America and protecting the United States' power grid from an electromagnetic pulse.

This second road means the United States must be ready and willing to use military action against North Korea. If one day in the near future North Korea threats or tries to launch a nuclear mission at the United States, then we must 

Bill Clinton and Obama failed to man up and stand up to North Korea. The time of appeasement is over. 

It wasn't appeasement that got Otto Warmbier home so that he could spend his last days with his family instead of the hellhole known as North Korea, after the Communists tortured him. President Donald Trump and action did that. 

The panic that struck Hawaii on Jan. 13 after a state employee accidently alerted residents that a ballistic missile was heading for Hawaii, and the backlash after it, shows us what could happen if a missile actually did fire off.

The Boy Scout Motto is: “Be Prepared.” That’s good practical advice for us today, not just in a Scout troop.

The United States needs up increase military spending so that we can build defense systems that effectively intercept ballistic missiles long before they reach our homeland. The next time might be the real deal.

It's time we as Americans man up and show North Korea that we're serious. We mean business when we say that we're not gonna let them attack our country. 

As a people and a country, we need to take action against North Korea. We cannot take both roads, just like the character in Frost's poem. 

We won't look back and regret the road we take or the choices we make.