Michael O'Hanlon and James Kirchick, The Hill: 'Bloody nose' attack in Korea would have lasting consequences
Is President Trump really considering a preventive military action of some kind after the Olympic season is over in Korea?
National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster has just denied that possibility, telling a bipartisan group of senators last week that the administration has no plans to carry out a so-called "bloody nose" attack against North Korea to constrain its nuclear weapons or long-range missile programs.
But the idea has been circulating too long to be put to rest quite that easily, and President Trump has just kept it alive at the CPAC conference on Friday in Washington by stating that if sanctions against North Korea fail, we may have to consider “Phase 2.”
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WNU Editor: Tensions on the Korean peninsula are now so high right now that any attack .... from any side .... will probably quickly precipitate into a shooting war. But I do believe in the reports that there is no desire from within the White House to actually go through with such an attack .... at least for now.
