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Posted On: 11/29/2017 3:30:15 PM
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Forget It': Bolton Says US Running Out
of Diplomatic Options With North Korea
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Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said today that the diplomatic options are running out after North Korea fired a new kind of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
The rogue dictator Kim Jong Un boasted that the Hwasong-15 can be armed with a nuclear warhead and could strike the U.S. mainland.
The ICBM was fired at 2:48 a.m. local time on Wednesday, the regime said, traveling 596 miles and demonstrating the potential to reach a range of 8,100 miles.
Bolton said this test-launch is "significant" because, if the early estimates are confirmed, it leaves no doubt that Pyongyang is "getting very close" to being able to threaten the United States with a nuclear attack.
"You have to ask when we're going to start seriously considering a military option," he said on "Outnumbered Overtime."
Bolton said he does not foresee "dramatic action" by China, leaving the Trump administration with a "binary choice": use military force to destroy the nuclear program or accept a nuclear-armed North Korea being able to target any U.S. city it wants.
Harris Faulkner asked whether a new round of financial sanctions could make an impact at this stage.
"Forget it. There is no time for this to have impact," Bolton responded.
Watch the full discussion above.
of Diplomatic Options With North Korea
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Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton said today that the diplomatic options are running out after North Korea fired a new kind of intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
The rogue dictator Kim Jong Un boasted that the Hwasong-15 can be armed with a nuclear warhead and could strike the U.S. mainland.
The ICBM was fired at 2:48 a.m. local time on Wednesday, the regime said, traveling 596 miles and demonstrating the potential to reach a range of 8,100 miles.
Bolton said this test-launch is "significant" because, if the early estimates are confirmed, it leaves no doubt that Pyongyang is "getting very close" to being able to threaten the United States with a nuclear attack.
"You have to ask when we're going to start seriously considering a military option," he said on "Outnumbered Overtime."
Bolton said he does not foresee "dramatic action" by China, leaving the Trump administration with a "binary choice": use military force to destroy the nuclear program or accept a nuclear-armed North Korea being able to target any U.S. city it wants.
Harris Faulkner asked whether a new round of financial sanctions could make an impact at this stage.
"Forget it. There is no time for this to have impact," Bolton responded.
Watch the full discussion above.
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