U.S. Ambassador Haley Says U.N. Has Run Out of Options on North Korea

Nikki Haley, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, has sounded an ominous warning on North Korea, suggesting that the U.N. Security Council can no longer do anything to leverage NK back into line, and that it may finally be time for an earnest look at a military solution.

Speaking Sunday on CNN���s State of the Union, Haley said, ���We have pretty much exhausted all the things that we can do at the Security Council at this point. Haley added that she was fully prepared to pass off the problem of North Korea over to Secretary of Defense James Mattis.

An article over at Reuters.com suggests that the abruptness of Haley���s tone means that even though Donald Trump is addressing the U.N. General Assembly for the first time on Tuesday, the president isn���t likely to say anything that ratchets down the strong rhetoric from Washington on the subject of utilizing military action to beat back the threat from Pyongyang.

���If North Korea keeps on with this reckless behavior, if the United States has to defend itself or defend its allies in any way, North Korea will be destroyed. And we all know that. And none of us want that. None of us want war,��� Haley said during her appearance on State of the Union.

���We���re trying every other possibility that we have, but there���s a whole lot of military options on the table,��� she added.

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large