Sue Mi Terry, a former CIA analyst on North Korea, was on Fox Business this afternoon and said some things that were interesting to anyone following the North.. She first said China will not do more than they are doing now, and have a long history of undermining sanctions and keeping the North moving along. But, she thinks the U.S. is out of viable options and can only put more sanctions on Chinese businesses doing work for the North. That hasn't worked very well in the past, in case you haven't noticed. That is because Chinese companies have used every trick in the book to get around them.
Then she reminded everyone of something we knew but forgot: When Kim Jong Un goes after his adversaries in North Korea he removes the families of his enemies - all of the family members - back 3 generations. That is not a rational person, but demonstrate the kind of ruthlessness that makes for not having any enemies in the population. He will have support for whatever he wants to do. That part is scary to think about, if this guy wakes up one day and says, "Let's make a statement" and throws one of those missiles our way. Maybe we are out of options, but sanctions are not the first idea that would come into my head.
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