Mattis on North
Korea: U.S. Army Should ‘Stand Ready’ if Military Option Needed
by Kristina Wong 10 Oct 2017
Defense Secretary
James Mattis said Monday that the
U.S. military should “stand ready” in case a military option is needed on North
Korea.
After his keynote speech at the Association of the United
States Army conference, Mattis was asked,
“what can the U.S. military do to lessen the likelihood of conflict on the
Korean Peninsula?”
Mattis said the Trump administration
was pursuing a diplomatic effort with North Korea, but the U.S.
military can do its part by staying ready.
“Ladies and gentlemen, it is right now a
diplomatically-led, economically sanction-buttressed effort to try to turn
North Korea off this path,” he said.
“Now, what does the future hold? Neither you nor I can
say. So there’s one thing the U.S. Army can do, and that is, you have got to be
ready to ensure that we have military options that our president can employ, if
needed,” he said.
The U.S. has been pursuing a strategy of “maximum
pressure” on North Korea, applying diplomatic and economic pressure
multilaterally and unilaterally. It is also increasing pressure on China,
North Korea’s closest ally.
Trump has in recent days suggested that
talking to North Korea was a “waste of time,” but officials later clarified
that he meant at this point in time.
North Korea’s nuclear weapons program has become the most
urgent national security issue during the Trump presidency.
This year, North Korea tested an intercontinental
ballistic missile that could potentially reach the U.S. mainland, and the U.S.
intelligence community assesses it has the technology to miniaturize a nuclear
warhead atop it.
U.S. military leaders say North Korea has all the
components but has not demonstrated it can put them all together effectively.
North Korea also conducted its sixth nuclear test this year, which it claims
was a hydrogen bomb.
Mattis—who has grown close with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson—has
taken every opportunity to emphasize that the U.S. approach is
diplomatically-led, but maintains the U.S. military has options if necessary.
“We currently are in a diplomatically-led effort, and how
many times did you see in the U.N. Security Council vote unanimously, now twice
in a row, to impose stronger sanctions on North Korea? And remember, the
Security Council has countries like France and Russia, China, the United
States—you know who’s on there—and all voted unanimously on this,” he said
Monday.
He added, “The international community has spoken, but
that means the U.S.
Army must stand ready. And so, if
you’re ready, that’s your duty at this point in time. And I know the Army will
always do its duty.”
Let’s connect the dots:
North Korea
Kim Jong Un is the
leader of North Korea, and met with Dennis Rodman in 2013.
Note: Dennis Rodman met with Kim Jong Un in 2013, and was a player
for the Chicago Bulls.
Henry
Crown and Company is an investor in the Chicago Bulls.
James S. Crown is
the president of Henry Crown and Company,
a director at the General Dynamics
Corporation, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the
vice chairman for the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Lester
Crown is the chairman for Henry
Crown and Company, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, was a
director at the General Dynamics
Corporation, and a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
James N. Mattis
was a director at the General Dynamics
Corporation, a director at the Center
for a New American Security, and is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Donald Trump administration.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a director at the Center
for a New American Security, and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and the Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and is the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was
a funder for the Doctors Without Borders, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank).
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Doctors
Without Borders, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Marsha
Garces Williams was a U.S. advisory board member for the Doctors Without Borders, and is an
advisory board member for the Andre
Agassi Foundation for Education.
Bill Hornbuckle
is an advisory board member for the Andre
Agassi Foundation for Education, and the president & COO for the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino.
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406 Sent to Hospital (PAST RESEARCH)
Monday, October 2, 2017
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the Doctors
Without Borders, and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg
Family Foundation, and a friend of Henry
A. Kissinger.
Henry A. Kissinger is a friend of Michael R. Bloomberg, the founder of Kissinger Associates, Inc., a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think tank), a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), was a
lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg
conference participant (think tank).
China was a funder for
the Center for Strategic and
International Studies (think tank).
Rex W. Tillerson was
a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think tank), and is
the secretary at the U.S. Department of
State for the Donald Trump
administration.
Brent Scowcroft is
a trustee at the Center for Strategic
and International Studies (think tank), a friend of Henry A. Kissinger, and was a vice chairman for Kissinger Associates, Inc.
J. Stapleton Roy
was a vice chairman for Kissinger
Associates, Inc., a
U.S. ambassador for China,
is an executive board member for the United
States-China Policy Foundation, a director at the National Committee on United States-China Relations, and a trustee
at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (think tank).
Jessica Tuchman Mathews was the president of
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), a director
at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg
conference participant (think tank).
Ed Griffin’s interview with
Norman Dodd in 1982
(The investigation into the
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population
control by involving the United States in war)
Jon M. Huntsman
Jr. was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
(think tank), a U.S. ambassador for China,
and a director at the National Committee
on United States-China Relations.
Olara A. Otunnu
was a trustee at
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and is a
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Madeleine K.
Albright is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and was a
director at the Center for a New
American Security.
James N. Mattis
was a director at the Center for a New
American Security, a director at the General
Dynamics Corporation, and is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Donald Trump administration.
James S. Crown is the
vice chairman for the Aspen Institute
(think tank), a director at the General
Dynamics Corporation, the president of Henry
Crown and Company, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Lester
Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a
director at the General Dynamics
Corporation, is the chairman for Henry
Crown and Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Henry
Crown and Company is an investor in the Chicago Bulls.
Dennis Rodman was
a player for the Chicago Bulls, and met
with Kim Jong Un in 2013.
Kim Jong Un met
with Dennis Rodman in 2013, and is
the leader of North Korea.
Meryl Justin
Chertoff is a director, Justice and Society Program for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and married to Michael
Chertoff.
Michael Chertoff
is married to Meryl Justin Chertoff,
the chairman for BAE Systems Inc.,
and a co-founder & chairman for the Chertoff
Group.
Linda P. Hudson
was the president & CEO for BAE
Systems Inc., a trustee at the Association
of the U.S. Army, and a director at the Center for a New American Security.
Chertoff Group
was a contributor for the Center for a
New American Security.
Center
for a New American Security was a contributor for the United States Institute of Peace.
Rex W. Tillerson
is a director at the United States
Institute of Peace, the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Donald Trump administration, and was a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies (think tank).
China
was a funder for the Center for
Strategic and International Studies (think tank).
Madeleine K.
Albright was a director at the Center
for a New American Security, and is a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
James N. Mattis
was a director at the Center for a New
American Security, a director at the General
Dynamics Corporation, and is the secretary at the U.S. Department of Defense for the Donald Trump administration.
General
Dynamics Corporation was a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
James S. Crown is a
director at the General Dynamics
Corporation, the vice chairman for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), the president of Henry Crown and Company, a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago.
Lester
Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a
director at the General Dynamics
Corporation, is the chairman for Henry
Crown and Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Henry
Crown and Company is an investor in the Chicago Bulls.
Dennis Rodman was
a player for the Chicago Bulls, and met
with Kim Jong Un in 2013.
Kim Jong Un met
with Dennis Rodman in 2013, and is
the leader of North Korea.
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