A modicum of common sense

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/south-korea-minister-redeploying-us-nuclear-weapons-tensions-with-north

North Korea nuclear crisis: Putin warns of planetary catastrophe

Amongst all the rhetoric and bellicose comments puring out of the United States and in particular Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations,with her "begging for war" nonsense, there comes a modicum of common sense from Russian President Vladimir Putin who says that " Ramping up military hysteria in such conditions is senseless; it’s a dead end," adding, "further sanctions would be “useless and ineffective”, and of course he is right.

At least one of the "world leaders" has managed to retain a grip on reality, and has not been absorbed by the tsunami of hysterical ranting and screaming for even more useless sanctions and even pre emptive strikes against North Korea.
Putin concluded with the comment " There is no other way to solve the North Korean nuclear issue, save that of peaceful dialogue.”
The world must hope that his words will be heeded and understood in Wasington and London.

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