{"id":57307,"date":"2018-01-24T05:32:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T05:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=57307"},"modified":"2018-01-24T05:32:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T05:32:13","slug":"cia-warns-trump-plans-preemptive-north-korea-strike-experts-worried-nuclear-war-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/news\/cia-warns-trump-plans-preemptive-north-korea-strike-experts-worried-nuclear-war-imminent.html","title":{"rendered":"CIA warns Trump plans preemptive North Korea STRIKE \u2013 Experts worried NUCLEAR war imminent"},"content":{"rendered":"

CIA warns Trump plans preemptive North Korea STRIKE \u2013 Experts worried NUCLEAR war imminent<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

DONALD Trump is considering a \u201cpreemptive strike\u201d against North Korea after advice from the Central Intelligence Agency\u2019s Mike Pompeo but outside analysts warn this could lead to an all-out nuclear war, it has been revealed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Pompeo has suggested North Korea is an urgent priority for the CIA and the agency is trying to set back North Korea\u2019s nuclear programme.<\/span><\/p>\n

The intelligence chief said the US is developing a range of options from diplomacy to war.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWe\u2019re working to prepare a series of options to make sure that we can deliver a range of things so the president will have the full suite of possibilities. The president is intent on delivering this solution through diplomatic means.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are equally at the same time ensuring that if we conclude that is not possible, that we present the president a range of options to achieve what is his stated intention.”<\/span><\/p>\n

But, analysts warn a limited strike would lead to a nuclear war should North Korea retaliate and cause an escalation.<\/span><\/p>\n

Former North Korean spy Kim Hyon-hui said Trump\u2019s aim of denuclearising the country, which has been a nuclear state for over a decade, is not achievable diplomatically.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said: \u201cNorth Korea won\u2019t give up its nuclear weapons. They\u2019re its lifeline.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

If war was to break out, the South Korean capital of Seoul – a city of 10 million people in range of the North\u2019s terrifying artillery – will be presumably destroyed in the opening stages of war.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kim Jong-un\u2019s propaganda portrays its nuclear and missile programmes to be focused on the US, but Mr Pompeo said the North does not view its nuclear warheads as just a deterrent to US invasion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Pompeo said: \u201cWe do believe that Kim Jong-Un, given these toolsets, would use them for things besides simply regime protections \u2013 that is, to put pressure on what is his ultimate goal, which is the reunification of the peninsula under his authority.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a threat to the whole world.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The intelligence chief said the CIA considers North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to be a rational man but it is unclear if Kim Jong-un takes the prospect of a US attack seriously.<\/span><\/p>\n

In October 2017, Donald Trump said Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was \u201cwasting his time\u201d attempting to negotiate with North Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n

And when Mr Tillerson said last month he was willing to talk to Kim Jong-un without precondition, Trump\u2019s administration \u201ccorrected him\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Trump\u2019s position had not changed, namely that talks were pointless.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mr Pompeo added: \u201cI will leave to others to address the capacity or the wisdom of a preemptive strike.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom an intelligence perspective, we\u2019re trying to ensure that all the various options that the president might want to consider are fully informed, that we understand what\u2019s really going on and the risks associated with each of those decisions as best we can identify them for him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korea will participate in the Olympics which South Korean President Moon Jae-in said is a diplomatic opportunity to ease tensions.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, North Korea announced the first day of the Olympics on February 8 will be a national holiday to celebrate its army.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pompeo said it is likely it is demonstrating its military capacity in a tacit threat before the games and that the CIA will be watching the North closely.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CIA chief said North Korea is a \u201chandful of months\u201d away from being able to reliably launch a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) at the US.<\/span><\/p>\n

He said in a year he hoped \u201cto be able to say that a year from now as well\u201d due to stalling techniques and it \u201cis still a secondary mission to ensure that we keep them from that capability\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/909027\/Donald-Trump-North-Korea-CIA-nuclear-war-world-war-3-Kim-Jong-un-Mike-Pompeo-news<\/span><\/p>\n

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