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| Washington's Dangerous Drums of War on North Korea |
| 2016-12-13 |
| [Defense One] The drums of war are starting to beat in Washington over North Korea. On Dec. 1, retired Gen. Walter Sharp, former commander of U.S. Forces Korea, said that President-elect Donald Trump’s administration must be ready to launch a pre-emptive strike on North Korean missile sites the next time Pyongyang is preparing to conduct a test of a long-range rocket capable of hitting the U.S. mainland. A Council on Foreign Relations task force report, issued in mid-September, warned that the United States might have to consider military actions against North Korea’s nuclear and missile capabilities. And now the Pentagon is revising its contingency plans for military strikes on these missile sites. All of them should holster their weapons. Under the Obama administration U.S. efforts have failed to halt and reverse the growing North Korean nuclear and missile threat--in fact, it has grown worse over the past eight years. As a result, the Trump administration will find itself in a real pickle once it takes office. Progressively tougher economic sanctions have failed and will continue to fail to slow down the North’s progress on nuclear-armed ICBMs. Nor will it inherit an ongoing diplomatic process that might slow-down the North’s sprint to the finish line. Continuing the policies of the past eight years will guarantee the situation will be much worse and the options available to the United States even more narrow and dangerous four years from now. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #2 imagine that; obumbles living down to his name. making things worse for the adults soon to follow. |
| Posted by: USN, Ret. 2016-12-13 13:10 |
| #1 Under the Obama administration U.S. efforts have failed to halt and reverse the growing North Korean nuclear and missile threat Actually, I feel they have fostered it. |
| Posted by: gorb 2016-12-13 02:36 |