Bolton: ‘25 Years of Putting Pressure on North [Korea] ... Has Failed’

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BOLTON: "I don’t think anything North Korea does is in the interest of the United States. I really can’t say what this construction is about. North Korea has plenty of missile launch sites already. It could be additional fortifications. I think the point here is that kind of across the board North Korea does not feel constrained. If there is evidence that Chinese pressure on the north has increased, I don’t think it’s really visible yet. I don’t think you can confirm it. In any event, I just think 25 years of putting pressure on the north or trying to deal with them diplomatically has failed. I don’t see why year 26 is any more likely to succeed. I think you need a fundamental redirection of our effort against the North Korean nuclear weapons program or as time goes by inexorably day-by-day as they get closer to the capacity to hit the United States, the risk of a military response rises unfortunately."