Congress and North Korea: Diplomacy Not on the Table

Published on February 2nd, 2017 | http://lobelog.com/congress-and-north-korea-diplomacy-not-on-the-table/#more-37809

by Tim Shorrock
The first Senate hearing on North Korea since President Trump came to office reveals a Congress bereft of any ideas except regime change. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee appears to be torn between sanctions that haven’t worked and military action that would almost certainly trigger a wider war.
“Something obviously has got to give,” declared Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), the chairman of the committee, as he opened the hearing Tuesday. He called North Korea, which has produced five atomic bombs and tested at least 20 long-range missiles over the last 10 years, “one of the most urgent security challenges facing the United States.”http://lobelog.com/congress-and-north-korea-diplomacy-not-on-the-table/#more-37809