Bolton: ‘Only Diplomatic Possibility’ on N. Korea Is China to ‘Put Enough Pressure’ on Them

‘They’re definitely getting close to the capacity to hit targets all over the continental United States’

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BOLTON: "Nobody should be under any illusions that after 25 years and getting this close to the finish line, North Korea is going to be talked out of its nuclear weapons program. That’s not going to happen."
HEMMER: "Not going to happen?"
BOLTON: "Right. I think the only diplomatic possibility here is with China to put either enough pressure on the regime in North Korea that it collapses or to acknowledge we need to reunite the two Koreas. Otherwise the options look a lot grimmer. And I think we have to acknowledge that. Look, there is an easy answer here. We can just stop all this and let North Korea get nuclear weapons and live with it. That’s what Susan Rice, the national security in the Obama Administration wants to do."

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