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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThanks trump... Former Joint Chiefs chairman: Nuclear war with North Korea closer than ever
Former Joint Chiefs chairman: Nuclear war with North Korea closer than everWashington (CNN)The United States is "closer to a nuclear war with North Korea" than ever, Adm. Mike Mullen, a former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday, adding that he does not "see the opportunities to solve this diplomatically at this particular point."
In an interview on ABC's "This Week," Mullen warned that President Donald Trump's provocative rhetoric aimed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un likely indicates he would prefer to take a more aggressive approach to countering the rogue regime's rapidly evolving nuclear weapons program.
"I'm just more inclined to see over time that the rhetoric seems to be where the President is," Mullen said, adding that Defense Secretary James Mattis, national security adviser H.R. McMaster and White House chief of staff John Kelly have managed to deter Trump from following through on his threats of unleashing "fire and fury."
"My concern is how long that actually lasts," Mullen said, adding that, at some point, Trump may be inclined to ignore advice from his top national security advisers that runs counter to his own instincts.
In an interview on ABC's "This Week," Mullen warned that President Donald Trump's provocative rhetoric aimed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un likely indicates he would prefer to take a more aggressive approach to countering the rogue regime's rapidly evolving nuclear weapons program.
"I'm just more inclined to see over time that the rhetoric seems to be where the President is," Mullen said, adding that Defense Secretary James Mattis, national security adviser H.R. McMaster and White House chief of staff John Kelly have managed to deter Trump from following through on his threats of unleashing "fire and fury."
"My concern is how long that actually lasts," Mullen said, adding that, at some point, Trump may be inclined to ignore advice from his top national security advisers that runs counter to his own instincts.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/31/politics/north-korea-trump-mullen-graham/index.html
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Thanks trump... Former Joint Chiefs chairman: Nuclear war with North Korea closer than ever (Original Post)
spanone
Jan 2018
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walkingman
(7,577 posts)1. War seems to be attractive to our leaders. Surely he understand and cares about what that means.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,434 posts)2. If the former joint-chiefs chairman is concerned...then
..shouldn't congress be alarmed as well. Diplomacy is the only way to deter war with any country, yet we have a racist manchild in charge..what could possibly go wrong...god help us all!
CrispyQ
(36,413 posts)3. This might be the most frightening thing I've read:
he does not "see the opportunities to solve this diplomatically at this particular point."
Yet the GOP Congress is focused on shredding the safety net. Evil fuckers, every one.
Yet the GOP Congress is focused on shredding the safety net. Evil fuckers, every one.