Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said this week that a war with North Korea would be “worth it” in the long term.
Graham made the comments in an interview with CNN.
"All the damage that would come from a war would be worth it in terms of long-term stability and national security," the senator told CNN.
Graham’s remark comes amid reports that the U.S. is prepared for the possibility of a military strike against North Korea.
Korean leaders are pushing diplomacy in the troubled region in the weeks following the Winter Olympics. South Korea’s president told President Trump in a phone call earlier this week that he is planning to send a special envoy to Pyongyang.
Graham has in the past repeated a warning that the U.S. is “headed toward a war” with North Korea and praised Trump’s “fire and fury” rhetoric against the country. He praised the Trump administration for drawing a hard line on North Korean aggression and also told CNN that he is “completely convinced” that Trump rejects a containment policy.
"They've drawn a red line here and it is to never let North Korea build a nuclear tipped missile to hit America,” he said.
This seems to be Trump's view and also that of some, at least, of his military advisors.
But the whole thing has been back-burnered for some weeks, it seems.
He does recall that China jumped in, the first time, does he not?
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