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Susan Rice: US can 'tolerate' N. Korean nukes
The Hill ^ | August 10, 2017 | Mallory Shelbourne

Posted on 08/10/2017 4:08:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Former national security adviser Susan Rice is arguing that the United States can “tolerate” North Korea’s nuclear weapons, if necessary, adding that President Trump must put an end to “reckless rhetoric.”

In an op-ed for The New York Times published Thursday, the former Obama administration official said pragmatism is needed to handle North Korea’s aggression. She encouraged an approach that includes a pressure campaign on Pyongyang and stresses U.S. antimissile systems.

“[W]ar is not necessary to achieve prevention, despite what some in the Trump administration seem to have concluded,” Rice wrote.

“History shows that we can, if we must, tolerate nuclear weapons in North Korea — the same way we tolerated the far greater threat of thousands of Soviet nuclear weapons during the Cold War.”

Rice joined other Democrats in slamming the president for comments in which he said North Korea will face “fire, fury and frankly power” if it continues to threaten the United States. The former national security advisor called Trump’s remarks “unprecedented” and “dangerous.”

“These words risk tipping the Korean Peninsula into war, if the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un, believes them and acts precipitously.”

Rice praised Defense Secretary James Mattis, however, for his reaction to Pyongyang’s recent aggression, saying his statement made it clear that the United States will retaliate should North Korea use nuclear weapons.

“The same red line must apply to any proof that North Korea has transferred nuclear weapons to another state or nonstate actor,” she added.

Rice’s op-ed comes as the Trump administration in recent days has toughened its rhetoric on North Korea, which conducted two intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month.

“Rational, steady American leadership can avoid a crisis and counter a growing North Korean threat,” she said. “It’s past time that the United States started exercising its power responsibly.”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: democrats; korea; obama; rice
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There's the Obama foreign policy in a nutshell.
1 posted on 08/10/2017 4:08:46 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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We should exercise our power by leading from behind and doing nothing.
2 posted on 08/10/2017 4:10:24 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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I wonder how well she will “tolerate it” if the first North Korean nuke lands on her house, while she is in it?


3 posted on 08/10/2017 4:12:33 PM PDT by GreyFriar (Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
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Rice is afraid North Korea will spill the beans about all the Free Stuff Obama secretly gave them


4 posted on 08/10/2017 4:13:21 PM PDT by butlerweave (it's the children are)
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Susan Rice: US can 'tolerate' N. Korean nukes

This idiot belongs in prison for her crimes, not making statements to the media.

5 posted on 08/10/2017 4:13:28 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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Fat Little Dear Leader is just upset over a Hollywood video he saw; maybe they’ll jail the producer with a swat team


6 posted on 08/10/2017 4:14:31 PM PDT by Insigne123
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Well, it’s clear to everyone why we have the current problem with FatBoi. Pushovers.


7 posted on 08/10/2017 4:15:04 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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Democrats are damaging themselves worse than they know with all the rhetoric about Trump being over the top and bellicose.

Almost all Americans are behind POTUS on this and his Gallup approval numbers will be 60%+ in ten days.

There is no support or affinity of any kind in the US for Norklandia and most Americans are tired of their sh!t.

Well, except for anti-American Democrat politicians and media.


8 posted on 08/10/2017 4:15:14 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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Affirmative Action Hire! thy name is Susan Rice!


9 posted on 08/10/2017 4:21:01 PM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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What is her buddy mcmaster saying?


10 posted on 08/10/2017 4:21:06 PM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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She heard it on a ‘video’ in her lying mind.


11 posted on 08/10/2017 4:22:04 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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“Rational, steady American leadership can avoid a crisis and counter a growing North Korean threat,” she said. “It’s past time that the United States started exercising its power responsibly.”

Well that is why we are where we are, we have not had leadership in a long while..


12 posted on 08/10/2017 4:22:11 PM PDT by aces
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Why is she not in jail?


13 posted on 08/10/2017 4:23:31 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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Strategic patience ping!


14 posted on 08/10/2017 4:28:27 PM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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This was their policy all along. In their delusional ideological ‘logic’, all nations should be ‘equal’ and have the same weapons etc. They believe we are the cause of many if not most problems in the world, and that we have no right to superior military power.


15 posted on 08/10/2017 4:31:29 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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Did Susan unmask Kim?


16 posted on 08/10/2017 4:31:30 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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Who ordered her to say that?


17 posted on 08/10/2017 4:32:30 PM PDT by savedbygrace
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Helluva job as Bambi’s NS advisor, Susie. Kim thanks you for ignoring his mini bomb development since 2013.


18 posted on 08/10/2017 4:36:26 PM PDT by rfp1234 (DinosorosExtinction)
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Susan Chamberlain


19 posted on 08/10/2017 4:36:47 PM PDT by Brilliant
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I can’t tolerate Susan Rice. She should be in jail.


20 posted on 08/10/2017 4:37:13 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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