Kim Jong-Un ‘Begging for War’ Says US Ambassador to UN: What’s the Solution?

UN ambassador Nikki Haley says ‘enough is enough’ after North Korea’s sixth and largest nuclear test, and that Kim Jong-un is ‘begging for war’.

Please consider Haley Asks UN to Impose ‘Strongest Possible’ Measures on North Korea.

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, said on Monday it was time for the UN security council to impose “the strongest possible measures” on North Korea over its sixth and largest nuclear test because “enough is enough”.

Haley said the incremental sanctions approach of the 15-member council to North Korea since 2006 had not worked and she described North Korean leader Kim Jong-un as “begging for war”.

And she rejected as “insulting” a Chinese proposal for a freeze on North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs in exchange for a suspension of US-South Korean annual military drills.

The US ambassador did not spell out what measures Washington would support, but diplomats have indicated that an oil embargo would have a crippling effect on the North Korean economy.

Russia backs China’s proposal for a freeze on North Korea’s nuclear and missile tests in exchange for a suspension of US-South Korea military drills.

The council has imposed seven sets of sanctions on North Korea since it first tested a nuclear device in 2006, but Pyongyang has repeatedly found ways to circumvent the measures.

The most recent resolutions, however, have significantly toughened the sanctions, targeting key exports sectors such as coal that are a source of hard currency for North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s regime.

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Idle Threats

Here’s another idle threat from Trump.

China is North Korea’s largest trading partner. Is the US going to stop trading with China? The question has a quick answer: “No”.

Of course, sanctions do not work in the first place.

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