McMaster: Potential for War with North Korea ‘Increasing Every Day’

What’s the story?

Following North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile last week, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster said on Saturday that the potential for war with the rogue nation is "increasing every day, which means that we are in a race…to be able to solve this problem."

Why does it matter?

Referring to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, McMaster told the crowd at the Reagan National Defense Forum that "there are ways to address this problem short of armed conflict, but it is a race because he's getting closer and closer, and there's not much time left."

According to the national security adviser, some of these armed-conflict alternatives include Beijing enforcing a complete oil embargo of the DPRK.

"You can't shoot a missile without fuel," McMaster said. He added that the U.S. is “asking China to act in China's interest, as they should, and we believe increasingly that it's in China's urgent interest to do more."

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