Posted on 12/03/2017 6:33:12 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Ex-NATO commander: North Korea likely getting help with nukes, rockets from China or Russia
Retired Adm. James Stavridis, a former NATO supreme allied commander, in an interview on Sunday said North Korea is likely receiving outside help from allies like China, Russia or Iran as it races to develop its weapons arsenal.
“You’ve got to think that at least part of it is coming from either China or Russia and I have no evidence of that, but the idea that [North Korean leader Kim Jong Un] would simply be developing this on an indigenous basis within his own population of scientists simply seems unlikely given how fast it's moving," Stavridis told radio host John Catsimatidis on AM 970 in New York.
"It could also be cooperation between Iran and North Korea, which we do know has occurred in this nuclear space" Stavridis continued. He added that, "it's fair to say there is some level of outside engagement that has been helpful to [Kim's] program."
Stavridis said China will have to decide whether it is going to stand by or stand up against North Korea as tensions escalate.
"China is going to have to make a choice about whether or not it will continue to align with North Korea or if they will stand with the rest of the global community and stop this. And the best tool they have, John, is they have control over oil going to North Korea. They could stop that economy in a heartbeat. We're going to need to put more pressure on them," he said, adding that "there's about a 10 percent chance" of a war.
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You're a global interventionist most likely connected to the Obama administration, but that's neither here nor there.
The fact of the matter is that the evidence points to Ukraine not Russia as the source of 'help' to NK's missile program.
Putin Paradise will unravel before the watching world sooner or later without “help” from the outside.
So that's an excuse for not protecting vital nuclear missile technology?
At least the Yanukovich government was competent in this regard.
Whatever damage North Korea causes, that blood is on the hands of that fascist puppet regime in Kiev and their neo-liberal enablers in Washington DC.
Of course Russian leadership looks good when Ukrainian political incompetence is the standard.
But with the Donbass debacle, Crimea annexation, et al. Popular support Russia once had in Ukraine fizzled. Enough people prefer independence from Putin’s sphere even with all the ensuing uncertainty.
Trump admin is the beginning of a new era in U.S. foreign policy and hopefully the days in which American weakness fosters the environment in which people like Putin or Xi Jinping hold so many cards are over.
Yes.
*eyeroll*
Good thing we have smart people to tell us the obvious.
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