North Korea could become the focus of World War 3 in as little as nine months after US President Donald Trump promised to stop the rogue state from killing millions of Americans, warns American author and lawyer Gordon Chang.
In an exclusive interview with Express.co.uk, the author of ‘Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On The World’ said “there is a fear in Washington that the United States is too late in disarming North Korea peacefully and that’s why you hear a lot of war talk.
“It’s war talk not from analysts. It’s war talk from senior administration officials.”
Mr Chang added: “Fortunately, right now, the United States is not preparing to use force but at some point, it very well may. And that’s why this is dangerous.
“President Trump said many times he’s not going to allow North Koreans to have the capability to kill Americans by the millions.
“Well, if he’s as good as his word, he will use force in nine months, a year from now if he’s not able to disarm North Korea before then.”
Professor and former speechwriter Patrick Greenfield said the US must exhaust all diplomatic options before sparking a war on the hermit nation.
Appearing on Fox News, Mr Granfield said: “I think in order to have diplomacy work you do need to have a credible threat of force.
“Even though we are in the season of hope and joy and peace, I think we do really need to think seriously – think hard about the prospect of what a military confrontation, of what military actions against North Korea would entail in 2018.
“And this is difficult because ever since North Korea got a nuclear capability back in 2006, in the Bush administration there’s really been a lack of clarity about what the options are and about what we have to do.”
In an effort to stop the rogue nation, the United Nations Security Council imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea after its continued missile testing.
The resolution seeks to ban nearly 90 percent of refined petroleum product exports to North Korea.