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Bolton: 'Military Force Has to Be an Option' on Denuclearizing North Korea

Christy Lee

   WASHINGTON - Former National Security Adviser John Bolton said military
   force has to remain an option in dealing with North Korea's nuclear
   weapons and missile programs because it will not follow through with
   its commitment to denuclearize and negotiate away its programs.

   In his first public speech since his departure from the White House,
   Bolton told an audience Monday at the Center for Strategic and
   International Studies (CSIS), a Washington-based think tank, that North
   Korean leader Kim Jong Un will not "honor" his denuclearization
   commitment and give up the country's nuclear weapons and missile
   programs through diplomacy.

   Bolton's position appeared to contradict approaches that President
   Donald Trump has been taking toward North Korea. Before his first
   summit with Kim in June 2018, Trump said North Korea had [1]"agreed to
   denuclearize."

   Bolton said the questions to focus on now are not, "Can we get another
   summit with Kim Jong Un, or what the state of staff-level negotiations
   are to achieve a commitment from North Korea" that Bolton thinks North
   Korea "will never honor."

References

   1. https://apnews.com/ce30b13866be4a96a0632f0e3e5ea555

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