Mattis: US will not accept a nuclear North Korea

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Mattis: US will not accept a nuclear North Korea
Fox News, Oct 28, 2017

U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued a stern warning to North Korea on Saturday: Despite its ongoing missile and nuclear programs, it is simply no match for the U.S.-South Korea alliance.

“Make no mistake,” Mattis said during a news conference in Seoul, “any attack on the United States or our allies will be defeated, and any use of nuclear weapons by the North will be met with a massive military response that is effective and overwhelming.”

During the joint appearance with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo, Mattis acknowledged that the threat of a nuclear missile attack by North Korea was accelerating.

The CIA says North Korea could be just months away from being capable of hitting the U.S. with a nuclear strike, Reuters reported.


More: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/10/28/mattis-us-will-not-accept-nuclear-north-korea.html

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Not sure if relying on our CIA is justified, in view of the politization under Obama.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Mattis says threat of nuclear attack by N.Korea accelerating
Associated Press, Oct 28, 2017, Robert Burns

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Saturday the threat of nuclear missile attack by North Korea is accelerating.

In remarks in Seoul with South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo at his side, Mattis accused the North of illegal and unnecessary missile and nuclear programs — and vowed to defeat any attack.

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“North Korea has accelerated the threat that it poses to its neighbors and the world through its illegal and unnecessary missile and nuclear weapons programs,” he said, adding that U.S.-South Korean military and diplomatic collaboration thus has taken on “a new urgency.”

“I cannot imagine a condition under which the United States would accept North Korea as a nuclear power,” he said.


More: https://apnews.com/cdb523a4aece40fb8042685b6bfafb47/Mattis-says-threat-of-nuclear-attack-by-N.Korea-accelerating