By Franz-Stefan Gady
In a televised interview U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter restated the obvious when discussing recent tensions.
Talking about the most recent tensions on the Korean Peninsula (See: “North Korea Is Mobilizing for War”), U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter emphasized that South Korea and the United States need to be perpetually ready to deter North Korean aggression.
“Korea is one of these places that is a tinder box. It’s probably the single place in the world where war could erupt at the snap of our fingers,” he told U.S. service members during a Q&A session at Fort George G. Meade in Maryland, according to Defense News. “Job No. 1 is fight tonight, we need to be ready.”
Carter was adamant that North Korea’s military blustering cannot hide from the fact that it will lose any war with South Korea and the United States: “We need to make sure North Koreans always understand any provocations with them will be dealt with and they stand no chance of defeating us and our allies.”
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