Does this mean we are going to retaliate? I don't know but if we don't do something now we are going to be seen as a paper tiger. It's sort of like Obama's red line in the sand in Syria, we didn't do anything then either and it caused incredible suffering and death ever since. However, the other side of this is "Any action by anyone might have consequences beyond anything anyone could imagine just like 9-11 did. Just like World war II did. Just like the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand did. etc. etc. etc."
And then of course doing nothing might be worse than doing something.
So, it might just be: "Who has the balls to light this up?" and nothing more.
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Trump leaves door open for military action
Trump leaves door open for military action against North Korea
Kelly: NK nuke may reach U.S. in Trump's term 05:52
Story highlights
- When asked about military action, Trump responded: "I don't know. I mean, we'll see."
- Trump cast the launch as a direct snub of China
Washington (CNN)President
Donald Trump would not rule out the use of military force against North
Korea in an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation" on Saturday, just
hours after Pyongyang launched a missile test in defiance of
international pressure.
Trump
downplayed the significance of North Korea's "small missile launch,"
which occurred early in the day. But when asked by host John Dickerson
if he would consider military action in response to another nuclear
test, Trump responded: "I don't know. I mean, we'll see."
Later,
when asked at during a factory tour before a rally in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, to mark his 100th day in office what his message on North
Korea is, Trump told reporters: "You'll soon find out, won't you?"
Pressed on whether that meant military action, Trump said, "You'll soon find out."
The
missile launched Saturday blew up over land in North Korean territory,
said US Navy Cmdr. Dave Benham, a spokesman for the US Pacific Command.
Trump
cast the launch as a direct snub of China, one of North Korea's only
allies and a nation seen by the Trump administration as a potential US
ally in efforts to stamp out Pyongyang's nuclear program.
"North
Korea disrespected the wishes of China & its highly respected
President when it launched, though unsuccessfully, a missile today.
Bad!" Trump tweeted after the launch.
Pyongyang's show of
defiance, at a time when its military ambition has reached its highest
level in years, came just hours after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
addressed a special meeting at the United Nations and called for
increased pressure on North Korea.
"All options for responding to future provocations must remain on the table," Tillerson said.
"Diplomatic and financial leverage or power will be backed up by
willingness to counteract North Korean aggression with military action,
if necessary."
The launch was swiftly condemned by South Korean and Japanese leaders.
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