President Trump made a short statement about the death of Otto Warmbier, the American who was held hostage by the North Koreans, then delivered to the U.S. in a coma.
President Trump speaks out on the death of former North Korea detainee Otto Warmbier https://t.co/QcugUvqgxx https://t.co/fyWTLwS7iS
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 19, 2017
And…
President Trump comments after Otto Warmbier’s death: North Korea is a “brutal regime… we’ll be able to handle it” https://t.co/K9f88pIsId
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) June 19, 2017
McCain’s straight talk is actually helpful, for once:
Sen John McCain: Let us state the facts plainly: Otto Warmbier was murdered by the Kim Jong Un regime https://t.co/nFbp01HJrY pic.twitter.com/wrOt6Y82a2
— The Situation Room (@CNNSitRoom) June 19, 2017
Even Democrats are angry:
Sen. Whitehouse: We can’t let North Korea “seize Americans, brutalize them and send them home in a coma to die” https://t.co/SeX28gCBhe
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) June 19, 2017
And rightfully so. But it’s absurd to advocate for some kind of large military strike on North Korea. People who say that don’t understand that it would be a death sentence for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of South Koreans, including many military members we have there. There are simply no easy answers, and it doesn’t help to beat our chests like testosterone-choked gorillas.