Will Kim Jong Un go into hiding over Syria bombing? Expert says airstrikes tells North Korean leader to ‘heed American military power’
Columnist and author Gordon Chang says airstrikes send warning to North Korea
Chang noted that previous leader Kim Jong-Il disappeared during the Iraq War
The missiles also send a message to the Chinese to put pressure on North Korea
Donald Trump has warned the U.S. will take action alone if China does not act
The U.S. withdrew nuclear weapons from South Korea 25 years ago
North Korea has been rattling the international order with repeated ballistic missile launches while continuing its nuclear tests
By KAREN RUIZ
DAILYMAIL.COM
8 April 2017
The U.S. airstrikes against a Syrian airbase on Friday may mean North Korea could also be at risk of American military action, experts said.
Daily Beast columnist and author Gordon Chang speculates the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un will go into hiding following the attacks as he realizes President Donald Trump is sending a clear warning against nuclear weapons and intercontinental missiles.
In a statement to Fox News, Chang said the strikes ‘tells North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un that he must now heed American military power, something that he probably dismissed before.’
Chang noted that previous leader and Jong-un’s father Kim Jong Il also disappeared from the public for about six weeks around the time of the war in Iraq.
The airstrikes also send a message to Chinese leader Xi Jinping, whom Trump met with at Mar-a-Lago on Friday. Chang said the People’s Liberation Army has also grown dismissive towards the U.S. military and that Jinping may have interpreted the missile launch as a sign of disrespect.
The White House National Security Council has drawn up North Korea options for President Trump that involve killing the country’s erratic dictator Kim Jong-un and reinserting U.S. nuclear weapons into South Korea.
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