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 by Staff Writers Washington (AFP) Feb 15, 2018
The United States is not considering a pre-emptive "bloody nose" strike on North Korea to punish it for its nuclear weapons program, US lawmakers and a senior official said Thursday. At a hearing to confirm nominees for top State Department roles, senators said they had been told by members of President Donald Trump's national security team that no such idea was even on the table. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific Susan Thornton, who has been nominated for confirmation to take the post permanently, agreed she understood this was the case. US Senator Jeanne Shaheen told Thornton the unnamed White House official had "made it very clear that there is no bloody nose strategy for a strike against North Korea. "Is it your understanding as well that there is no bloody nose strategy for North Korea?" the Democratic senator asked. Thornton replied: "That is my understanding senator, yes." A Republican senator who had also been in the previous closed door meeting, James Risch of Idaho, agreed. "We were told clearly by administration people -- about as high up as it gets -- that there is no such thing as a bloody nose strategy, that they've never talked about it," he said. Media reports have suggested that some White House officials would favor such a strike, designed to intimidate Kim Jong-Un's regime but stop short of an all-out war to overthrow him. But it is also reported that senior military commanders and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis oppose the idea, and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has vowed to pursue a diplomatic solution.
North Korean nukes 'existential threat' to US: intel chief Washington (AFP) Feb 13, 2018 North Korea's nuclear program poses a potential "existential threat" to the United States, US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Tuesday. "The decision time is becoming ever closer in terms of how we respond to this," Coats said in remarks to the Senate Intelligence Committee. "Our goal is a peaceful settlement," he added. "We're using maximum pressure on North Korea in various ways." Asked about Pyongyang's nuclear program, Coats said "this is an existential threat, potentiall ... read more
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