I don’t know if this is some ill-conceived “good cop badcop” act or what, but this is damned dangerous:
There will be war between the United States and North Korea over the rogue nation's missile program if it continues to aim intercontinental ballistic missiles at America, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said President Donald Trump has told him.
"He has told me that. I believe him," the lawmaker said Tuesday on TODAY. "If I were China, I would believe him, too, and do something about it."
FFS, didn’t we go through this a while back when President Xi visited Trump at Mar a Lago? Now we’re back to the idiotic “China could easily fix this” bullshit. Sorry, but no. It ain’t that simple.
Graham said that Trump won't allow the regime of Kim Jong Un to have an ICBM with a nuclear weapon capability to "hit America."
"If there’s going to be a war to stop [Kim Jong Un], it will be over there. If thousands die, they’re going to die over there. They’re not going to die here. And He has told me that to my face," Graham said.
Yeah, as long as it’s mostly yellow people who die, it really doesn’t matter much — right Lindsey? Fuck you.
Military experts have said there are no good options for peacefully stopping North Korea, although the National Security Council has previously presented Trump with possibilities that could include putting American nukes in South Korea or killing Kim Jong Un.
Excuse me? How about asking diplomatic experts if there’s a peaceful option? That’s a whole ‘nother diary, but really there’s good reason even with our mixed and troubled history with NK to think diplomatic options can work.
Graham said military experts are "wrong" that no good options exist.
"There is a military option to destroy North Korea's program and North Korea itself," he added.
OMFG. Fuck you, Lindsey. Just Fuck you.