Retired Gen. Clark: Military Action Against NKorea 'Off the Table'

[elleng]

Clark addressed the topic during an appearance on "MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin."

"I think it's off the table in Korea, because there's no real good military option," Clark said following North Korea's July 4 test of an ICBM. "We don't have enough intelligence to be 100 percent confident that you know everything you want to hit, and you'll never have 100 percent confidence that you can hit it even if you know where it is.

"So, I don't think there's a good military option here for the United States to sort of make this problem go away. It's not going to happen." . .

"China has its hands on the controls," Clark told MSNBC. "It sort of jiggles them back and forth. It puts pressure on Korea, then it let's the pressure up. It gives it some technology with one hand, with the other hand, it says bad things about it. They're playing a very subtle, long-term game."'

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/gen-wesley-clark-north-korea-military-action-united-states/2017/07/05/id/799984/

[avebury]

1. When would the lack of good intelligence stop Trump

from starting a war with North Korea? He is totally capable of starting the war to distract everyone from focusing on Mueller's investigation.

[elleng]

2. I agree that HE is.

I hope others in the administration, AND the military 'separately,' will prevent an apocalypse.

[murielm99]

3. Newsmax is not a credible source.

You are wrong to bring that garbage here.

[elleng]

4. HOWEVER, General Clark is the MOST credible source,

and I expect DUers to use their heads in evaluating information here.

NOTE the first sentence in the post: 'Clark addressed the topic during an appearance on "MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin."'

[TomSlick]

5. I heard the interview.

Gen Clark said that military action was "off the table" and explained why there was no good military options. At the time, I thought military action would be off the table for anyone else - but not Trump.

[SunSeeker]

6. FIND ANOTHER SOURCE!

You should not be feeding Newsmax with revenue-producing clicks by linking to their website.

[NYResister]

7. Newsmax? WTF?

[elleng]

9. Clark addressed the topic during an appearance on "MSNBC Live with Craig Melvin."

[BigmanPigman]

8. Clark is a smart cookie and I trust his judgement.