World War 3: North Korea will force US to go to WAR or SHUT DOWN Pyongyang purse
NORTH KOREA is forcing the US into war or to shut down Pyongyang economically in order to drive a regime change, a US politician has warned.
By CHRIS CAMPBELL
Express.co.uk
Sat, Dec 2, 2017
North Korea will push Donald Trump and the United States into conflict amid fears of World War 3 unless the stand-off dramatically changes, a former defence secretary has said.
Republican William Cohen, who was defence secretary from 1997 to 2001, said Donald Trump had “very few choices”.
Speaking to Squawk Box on CNBC, Mr Cohen added the US should accelerate the deployment of anti-missile defences in South Korea.
He said: “We have very few choices. We can either acquiesce and allow the north to continue to develop its long-range ballistic missiles armed with nuclear weapons.
“We could go to war, or I believe there’s a third way.
“That is to really bring about a change of the regime from within by shutting down their economy that the Chinese and the Russians have been propping up.
“Putting more anti-missile defences in South Korea.
“The Chinese were able to persuade the President of South Korea to put a hold on that. I would accelerate the deployment of that.”
Kim Jong-un has been celebrating last Tuesday’s ICBM missiles launch, which saw a missile soar 2,500 miles into the atmosphere before crashing down into the Sea of Japan.
US and South Korean officials warned it could have reached any point of the US mainland – including Washington DC.
Yeo Suk-Joo, policy chief at the South Korean Defence Ministry, said: “If it were fired at a normal angle, it would be capable of flying over 8,000 miles.
“That means it can reach Washington DC.”
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