MESOP NEWS COMMENTARY : “PEACE WILL NOT COME” (POLITICO MAGAZINE) WE ARE FAR AWAY FROM 1968 Flower Power
11 August 2917 – NEW YORK TIMES – The American standoffwith North Korea isn’t over. President Trump refused to back down from his threat to rain down “fire and fury” on the country, despite his own advisers’ efforts to tone down his message. |
| “Maybe it wasn’t tough enough,” Mr. Trump said of the threat. Meanwhile, our Seoul correspondent’s profile of Kim Jong-un offers plenty of evidence that North Korea’s 33-year-old leader is not to be underestimated. |