Michael Waltz: ‘Right Now Is the Time for Maximum Pressure’ on North Korea

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WALTZ: "Pressure is ratcheted up over time, then they will essentially go back to the negotiating table. But we’ve seen time after time again from the 1990s under Clinton to  — you know, I was very close to the six party talks under Bush when I served with the vice president. They essentially use those talks to buy time to continue to develop their program both on the nuclear side and the ballistic missile side and have just marched forward to having a fully operational program that can attack anywhere in the world. They are on the cusp of having that capability right now. I’m with Prime Minister Abe, the prime minister of Japan on this, who is very tough and said at the U.N. Security Council, having dialogue just for the sake of dialogue is meaningless. Right now is the time for maximum pressure."