If the U. S. was in a race to “solve” North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, we already lost years ago.
Trump’s National Security Advisor made what may be his most irresponsible and dangerous comments on North Korea yet:
If the U. S. was in a race to “solve” North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, we already lost years ago. The latest North Korean ICBM test confirmed that the race is over. North Korea isn’t giving up on these technologies after having made so much progress, and there is nothing that the U. S. and its allies can do to force them into giving them up. As frustrating as it may be to admit that, U. S. officials need to start admitting it and facing the unpleasant reality in front of them. Clinging to the illusion that there is still “time left” to denuclearize North Korea puts the U. S. on a path to an unnecessary and extremely costly war in pursuit of a goal that cannot now be achieved.
McMaster’s comments are worrisome because they show that there has been absolutely no change to the administration’s bankrupt approach to this issue.
