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Sunday, September 17, 2017
Haley: North Korea will be ‘destroyed’ if ‘reckless’ behavior persists
America’s ambassador to the United Nations is raising the prospect of US military action against North Korea if the North continues its missile and nuclear tests.
Nikki Haley says North Korea will be “destroyed” if it continues with what she describes as “reckless” behavior.
Haley tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that the UN Security Council has basically exhausted its diplomatic options for dealing with North Korea.
If diplomacy fails, she says Defense Secretary Jim Mattis “will take care of it.”
North Korea will be high on the agenda during the UN General Assembly session in New York this coming week.
Haley says President Donald Trump’s “fire and fury” threat against North Korea wasn’t an empty threat. She says war is undesirable but adds that “something has got to be done” if North Korea continues to threaten the US and its allies.
— AP
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