Tensions over North Korea’s nuclear program are at the point where war could break out at any moment.
Kim Jong Un is menacing the world with his rogue nuclear weapons programs.
But “Mad Dog” Mattis just shut him down with one epic statement.
News had broken that North Korea successfully developed the ability to miniaturize nuclear war heads.
Now the only step left for North Korea to complete a weapon that can strike the United States is to be able to attach those warheads to a working ICBM.
Donald Trump reacted to this news by stating that if North Korea escalated threats against the United Sates they would be met with “fire and fury.”
President Trump: If North Korea makes any more threats to the U.S., "they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen" pic.twitter.com/8dQed79L1W
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 8, 2017
North Korea then blustered that they were preparing plans to fire missiles at the U.S. territory of Guam.
CNN reports:
“North Korea’s military is “examining the operational plan” to strike areas around the US territory of Guam with medium-to-long-range strategic ballistic missiles, state-run news agency KCNA said early Wednesday local time.
Specifically, the statement mentioned a potential strike on Andersen Air Force Base designed “to send a serious warning signal to the US.”
The base is one of two on the Pacific island, which are the closest bases on US soil to North Korea, and represent the westernmost tip of the country’s military might.”
Pundits were worried the crisis was spiraling out of control.
But then “Mad Dog” Mattis weighed in with a statement that put an end to any notion that North Korea could threaten the United States.
DefSec Mattis: North Korea "should cease any consideration of actions that will lead to the end of the regime and destruction of its people"
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 9, 2017
Continued: "The regime’s actions will continue to be grossly overmatched by ours and would lose any arms race or conflict it initiates.”
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 9, 2017
Mattis echoed Trump’s sentiments that North Korea would be foolish to initiate a conflict with the United States and that the only outcome would be total destruction of the rogue nation.
We will keep you up to date on any new developments in this story.
