Posted on 08/09/2017 10:30:11 AM PDT by Mariner
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday told North Korea it must stop any action that would "lead to the end of its regime" and "stand down" in its pursuit of nuclear weapons.
These are some of strongest comments Mattis has made on North Korea. In the past he has said that the United States can respond to North Korea, but any military solution would be "tragic on an unbelievable scale."
"The DPRK must choose to stop isolating itself and stand down its pursuit of nuclear weapons," Mattis said in a statement. DPRK is short for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
"The DPRK should cease any consideration of actions that would lead to the end of its regime and the destruction of its people," Mattis said.
"The DPRK regime's actions will continue to be grossly overmatched by ours and would lose any arms race or conflict it initiates," he added.
Mattis added that while the State Department was making diplomatic efforts, the United States and its allies have the most "precise, rehearsed and robust defensive and offensive capabilities on Earth."
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Unfortunately they don’t need to pursue them. They already have them.
This is not going to end pretty.
It seems to me that it is in the interest of just about every NK with the exception of Fat Man/Little Boy and his closest collaborators of doing things that do lead to the end of the present regime. The change may be painful, but the present system is virtually unsustainable.
“...Mattis added that while the State Department was making diplomatic efforts, the United States and its allies have the most “precise, rehearsed and robust defensive and offensive capabilities on Earth.”...”
Good to hear the certainty in his voice.
I see what you did there.
I believe Rex Tillerson did also....
“What the president is doing is sending a strong message to North Korea in language that Kim Jong Un would understand, because he doesn’t seem to understand diplomatic language … I think it was important that he deliver that message to avoid any miscalculation on their part.”
Enola Gay time.
What if Trump and his administration just went silent on North Korea while continuing to build up assets in the theater?
I see what you did there.
I call BS relative NK. This is a distraction from something more sinister /tinfoilhat
Trump needs to send a diplomat and a General to explain to Fat Boy the workings and capabilities of an Ohio class submarine.
Stress that we have 14 of these submarines that are nuclear capable, and we only need ONE to remove NORK and all of its population from the face of the Earth.
Pyongyang would be transformed into a smoking hole in the ground that glowed in the dark.
"Lil Kim, we only need ONE".
Enola Gay time.
Calling Paul Tibbets and Curtis Lemay. I think our capabilities are much greater now, than fat man and little boy.
This is what is called “Fair Warning” before we bring the pain.
Could be over for NORKS in about 30 minutes from launch.
McCain to Mattis: “Not only are you not authorized to speak on this matter, but you can’t make any move without my expressed permission. I am the war expert here, and I say we don’t have the ability to do anything”
The US knows which rock you hide under
Such as?
No worries...”China urges calm over North Korea...”
Do we take Chinese words as we did the last head of the executive branch? Just negate it and that is what they mean?
No idea what may be lurking in the background. Just seems lime an all of a sudden “Hey look over here!”
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