The era of strategic patience is over': VP Mike Pence sends warning to Kim Jong-un

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[h=1]'The era of strategic patience is over': VP Mike Pence sends warning to Kim Jong-un as he pays visit to perilous Demilitarized Zone amid claims America sabotaged North Korea's missile launch with a cyber-hack[/h]

• Vice President Mike Pence visited military base near the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea
• Pence arrived at Camp Bonifas on Monday morning Korean time for a briefing with military leaders
• After North's failed test Lt Gen HR McMaster said 'all our options are on the table' to try to 'avoid the worst'
• Frantic talks were taking place with allies including China to 'develop a range of options' regarding N Korea
• Trump and Lt Gen HR McMaster hope China will convince its neighbour to stop the crisis escalating

 

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U.S. Vice President Mike Pence says the 'era of strategic patience is over' with North Korea, expressing impatience with the willingness of the North Korean regime to move toward ridding itself of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
Pence tells reporters near the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea that President Donald Trump is hopeful that China will use their 'extraordinary levers' to pressure the North to abandon their weapons.
He says there was a 'period of patience' over the years but 'the era of strategic patience is over.'
He says the Trump administration hopes their clarity will be received in North Korea, adding the U.S. and its allies will achieve its objectives through 'peaceable means or ultimately by whatever means are necessary' to protect South Korea and stabilize the region.

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US Vice President Mike Pence is visiting a military base near the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea a day after the North conducted a failed missile launch

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Pence arrived at Camp Bonifas on Monday morning for a briefing with military leaders and to meet with American troops stationed there

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Pence is seen above walking with Commander General Vincent K. Brooks upon his arrival at Camp Bonifas near the DMZ Monday morning local time in Korea

Pence is warning in a visit to the DMZ dividing North and South Korea that the North Korean people and military 'should not mistake the resolve of the United States of America to stand with our allies.'
Pence tells reporters near the DMZ that the alliance between South Korea and the U.S. is 'ironclad' and is reiterating that 'all options are on the table' to pressure North Korea to get rid of its nuclear weapons and missile program.

 

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Pence visited a military base near the DMZ, Camp Bonifas, for a briefing with military leaders and to meet with American troops stationed there.
His 10-day tour of Asia comes as tensions grow in the wake of North Korea's latest missile test.
Pence arrived at Camp Bonifas on Monday morning for a briefing with military leaders and to meet with American troops stationed there.

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Pence arrives at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War

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Panmunjom is the village where the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War was signed by the United Nations, North Korea, and the People's Republic of China

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Pence is seen above looking toward the north from an observation post inside the DMZ separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea

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Despite occasional fluctuations in geopolitical tensions, the DMZ has largely remained quiet since the war

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Pence says the 'era of strategic patience is over' with North Korea, expressing impatience with the willingness of the North Korean regime to move toward ridding itself of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles

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Pence is seen above shaking hands with an American soldier during a meeting with US and South Korean troops at Camp Bonifas near Pannmunjom

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Pence said the US was going to rebuild its military, 'restore the arsenal of democracy' and give troops the resources they needed to accomplish their mission

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The visit carries a great deal of symbolism for Pence personally. His late father, Edward, served in the Army during the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star on April 15, 1953

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Pence stands next to his daughter, Audrey, as she peers out over the DMZ through a pair of binoculars inside an observation post

 

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He is in South Korea as part of a 10-day tour of Asia.
The joint U.S.-South Korean military camp is just outside the 2.5-mile-wide DMZ.
Pence's visit, full of Cold War symbolism, comes amid increasing tensions and heated rhetoric on the Korean Peninsula.
Pence's visit comes as the Trump administration is refusing to rule out a pre-emptive strike on North Korea.
Pence, who had flown into South Korea yesterday, accused North Korea of 'provocation'.
The DMZ is one of the most heavily fortified regions in the world.
It is a swath of territory that lies roughly along the 38th parallel.

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Measuring 150 miles long, the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) became the de facto border that separates North and South Korea following the end of the Korean War in 1953

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Two North Korean soldiers look at the south side as a South Korean soldier, center, stands guard while Pence visited the border village of Panmunjom

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A North Korean soldier takes photographs during Pence's visit to the DMZ while another soldier from the Communist country looks on

Measuring 150 miles long, it became the de facto border that separates North and South Korea following the end of the Korean War in 1953.
Despite occasional fluctuations in geopolitical tensions, the DMZ has largely remained quiet since the war.
Pence said the US was going to rebuild its military, 'restore the arsenal of democracy' and give troops the resources they needed to accomplish their mission.
Evoking former president George W Bush's speeches on the eve of the Afghan and Iraq wars, Mr Pence said 'freedom will ever prevail'.
The visit carries a great deal of symbolism for Pence personally.
His late father, Edward, served in the Army during the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star on April 15, 1953.
Pence displays his father's Bronze Star and a photograph of his father receiving the honor in his office.
Pence said it was 'humbling for me to be here.'
'My father served in the Korean War in the U.S. Army. On the way here, we saw some of the terrain my father fought in,' he said.
'We're grateful every day. It's a great honor to be here.'
President Donald Trump's national security adviser warned earlier on Sunday that the situation was 'coming to a head'.
After the rogue state ran a missile test that failed, Lieutenant General HR McMaster said 'all our options are on the table' to try to 'avoid the worst'.
Frantic talks were taking place with allies including China to 'develop a range of options' in an attempt to quell tensions and calm fears of thermo-nuclear war.

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After the rogue state ran a missile test that failed, Lieutenant General HR McMaster (left with Mr Trump) said 'all our options are on the table' to try to 'avoid the worst'

 

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But, with a strike group of US forces already posted to the Korean Peninsula, the US President added further fuel to the fire, saying he had been forced to beef up his military.
On Twitter, Mr Trump wrote: 'Our military is building and is rapidly becoming stronger than ever before. Frankly, we have no choice.'
Mr Trump and General McMaster said they hoped China would convince its neighbour, which depends on Beijing to prop up its trades and finances, to stop the crisis escalating.
On Saturday dictator Kim Jong-un's regime displayed its military muscle in a huge parade, before yesterday's missile test which exploded within seconds.
The medium-range missile – fired from a base in the Sinpo area – ended in farce because it 'blew up almost immediately', sources said.
The US Pacific Command said it believed it to be a ballistic missile, which is initially powered and guided, but then uses gravity to fall to its target.

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The US refused to rule out a pre-emptive strike on North Korea last night as Donald Trump's national security adviser warned the situation was 'coming to a head'

Experts said it was not an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which would be able to reach targets around the world.
Kim's ultimate aim is to be able to put a nuclear warhead on an ICBM.
Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson posted on Twitter: 'I strongly condemn the latest North Korean missile launch. They must stop these belligerent acts and comply with UN resolutions.'
General McMaster said the latest missile launch 'fits a pattern of provocative and destabilising and threatening behaviour on the part of the North Korean regime'.
In Afghan capital Kabul, he told ABC's This Week show: 'All our options are on the table, undergoing refinement and further development'. He said: 'The President has made clear that he will not accept the United States and its allies and partners in the region being under threat from this hostile regime with nuclear weapons.
'And so we're working together with our allies and partners, and with the Chinese leadership, to develop a range of options.'
He said the National Security Council was collaborating with the Pentagon, the State Department, and intelligence agencies to provide Mr Trump with options.
The General said it was the consensus of the US, along with allies in the region, that 'this problem is coming to a head'. He added: 'And so it's time for us to undertake all actions we can, short of a military option, to try to resolve this peacefully. In the coming weeks, months, I think there's a great opportunity for all of us... to take action short of armed conflict so we can avoid the worst.'
Beijing, Pyongyang's biggest ally, has come under pressure from Washington to exert more influence on its neighbour.

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Donald Trump said China was 'working with us' on the issue – the first confirmation the two nations were collaborating

Mr Trump said China was 'working with us' on the issue – the first confirmation the two nations were collaborating.
Tensions between North Korea and the US were already on a knife-edge over the posting of the strike group led by a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the region – a move that was denounced by North Korea.
Pyongyang then rolled out its deadly arsenal on Saturday.
Ballistic missiles and canisters capable of housing intercontinental ballistic missiles that could strike the US mainland were among those items on display.
But North Korea did not carry out its sixth nuclear bomb test, as previously feared. A White House official said that, had it been a nuclear test, 'other actions would have been taken by the US'. Mr Pence – on a ten-day trip to Asia – told US troops: 'This morning's provocation is just the latest reminder of the risks each one of you face every day in the defence of the freedom of the people of South Korea and the defence of America in this part of the world.'
Thousands of US and South Korean troops, tanks and other weaponry had been deployed last month in their biggest-ever jont military exercises. That led North Korea to issue routine threats of attacks on its rivals if they showed signs of aggression.

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Tensions between North Korea and the US were already on a knife-edge over the posting of the strike group led by a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the region – a move that was denounced by North Korea

 

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8 lost years with the clown Obama.

 

[SheriffJoe]

Liberalism ALWAYS works...

 

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What policy has replaced it? What is the strategy for implementing this new policy?

 

[SheriffJoe]

What policy has replaced it? What is the strategy for implementing this new policy?

What strategy?

Blowing up those missiles on the launching pad should be fun to watch.

There are talkers and then there are doers. Unlike his pussy predecessors, it's quite apparent President Trump will not hesitate to act.

Yes, I know you and Madeleine Halfbright don't approve.

 

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North Korea vows to conduct WEEKLY missile tests and threatens 'all-out war' if Trump is 'reckless enough to use military means'

Vice Foreign Minister Han Song-Ryol (top) has ramped up the tension between Pyongyang and Washington by saying: 'We'll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis.' He also said that an 'all out war' was a possibility if the US responded by taking military action. The statement of intent, comes after Vice President Pence (inset), speaking in the perilous Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea, reiterated that 'all options are on the table' to deal with the threat posed by Kim Jong-un's administration.





























Bring it on you silly cnuts.

Trump will hit your targets at a time of his choosing, and you will have to take it on the chin.

For if you fire on South Korea where there are 35K US TROOPS.

It will be met with enough US power to destroy NK for good.

 

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What strategy?

Blowing up those missiles on the launching pad should be fun to watch.

There are talkers and then there are doers. Unlike his pussy predecessors, it's quite apparent President Trump will not hesitate to act.

Yes, I know you and Madeleine Halfbright don't approve.

lol

 

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What policy has replaced it? What is the strategy for implementing this new policy?

I'm all for assassination. It could save millions of lives.

 

[919]

No surprise here...they don't have one

[h=1]The White House declined to detail President Trump's future strategy toward North Korea. [/h]


Trump spokesman: No 'red line' on North Koreausatoday.com

 

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, 4/17/2017, #38




MR. SPICER: I think when we talked about the use of red lines in the past with respect to Syria -- the President's red line -- that drawing red lines hasn’t really worked in the past. He holds his cards close to the vest, and you're not going to see him telegraphing how he's going to respond to any military or other situation going forward. That's just something that he believes has not served us well in the past. We did this with Mosul, where we started to talk about what the action will be months in advance. And it really gives the intended recipient of action a heads-up as to what's going on.

[FONT=&quot]So I don’t think that you're going to see the President drawing red lines in the sand, but I think that the action that he took in Syria shows that, when appropriate, this President will take decisive action.[/FONT]

 

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[h=1]Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, 4/17/2017, #38[/h]

[FONT=&quot]MR. SPICER: Well, again, I think this goes back to the nut of what Jim was asking, which is, I think for us to telegraph what we're going to do or what we're going to ask others to do would not be a smart strategy to lay it all out in public. But I think that if you realize -- for example, on the economic side of things, China is the number-one importer of North Korean coal. I think to see them curtail some of that has a real economic impact on the region. There's a lot of economic and political pressure points that I think China can utilize, and we've been very encouraged with the direction in which they're going.[/FONT]

 

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, 4/17/2017, #38

MR. SPICER: So just to be clear -- and again, I’m not going to get into -- I would just tell you that there are military contingency plans for almost every scenario, in numerous aspects around the world, here at home -- everything from humanitarian relief to refugee crises, to attacks. That is standard military procedure to have those kinds of things. So to make that in any way, shape or form sound new would be a mistake. It is a standard operating procedure of the military to plan for contingencies in a number of operations, in a number of hotspots throughout the world on a regular basis.
[FONT=&quot]And with respect to Korea, in particular, that's been going on for decades.[/FONT]

 

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, 4/17/2017, #38

[FONT=&quot]Q Just one more on that topic. One of the reasons why successive administrations have chosen to negotiate with the leaders of North Korea is because it's believed that there are no good military options to deal with it. Does this President believe that there are viable military options for dealing with North Korea?[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MR. SPICER: Again --[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Q Without telegraphing what -- [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]MR. SPICER: I understand. But I think taking anything on or off the table is in itself limiting your options to some degree. And so I'm not going to even discuss that.[/FONT]

 

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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sean Spicer, 4/17/2017, #38

[FONT=&quot]MR. SPICER: Well, I think -- absolutely. But it's not -- I think that you have to look at the flip. I mean, I talked about it a minute ago -- when you look at some of the actions that we've taken in the past, Mosul being a good example, where we leaned in and started to explain what we were going to do and when we were going to do it, that takes a huge element off the table of not only surprise but achieving the effect that you're trying to do. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]So the world community, and especially the more that he meets with world leaders and developing relationships, repairing relationships, and reasserting the U.S. place around the globe, should be reassuring to not just us here at home, but around the globe. People are excited that the President is taking action, and decisively so.[/FONT]

 

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So Spicer nicely explains why there are no RED LINES.

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Why we don't telegraph to our enemy our plans.


Unlike that Obama clown who became the laughing stock by drawing red lines and telegraphing our plans to the enemy. Obama's legacy is failed red lines and warning the enemy of our military plans.

 

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[h=1]'Gotta behave': Trump's no-nonsense message to North Korea amid mounting tensions over its dictator's nuclear plans[/h]

• Trump made the comment as he left the White House Easter Egg Roll