General Sharp News Today

As Presidents Biden and Yoon prepare to meet Wednesday, influential Americans with long experience in the region are highly divided on what to do about…

The United States and its allies are at risk of missile attack from a growing number of states and nonstate terrorist organizations. This growing threat is particularly clear in East Asia, where diplomacy has failed to stop North Korea from developing nuclear weapons and the missiles to deliver them on target, and where China continues the most active nuclear force modernization program in the world. To counter these growing threats, the U.S. should work with its allies, including South Korea an...

If hostilities break out between North Korea and South Korea (ROK), the current agreement between Washington and Seoul would put all ROK forces under control of the bilateral Combined Forces Command (CFC), which is led by a U.S. general.

Likely would cut off their business with north korea. but the retaliation could really hurt the united states as well. >> reporter: that leaves the most daunting option. a preemptive military strike. general walter sharp, who commanded forces in south korea, says that should be an option if the threat is imminent. but with more than 28,000 u.s. troops near the dmz and the south korean capital only 30 miles from the border, the blowback could be devastating. >> it could inflict a lot of damage on...

Expected to arrive in the region, firing off a new round of artillery drills and warning the u.s. and south korea the join exercises they have planned for this weekend will put the peninsula on the brink of war. earlier this week north korean troops fired shells at a south korean island that attack killed four. wendell golar has the response to the deadly threats. >> reporter: with no public events on his schedule aides say the president was briefed several times today on the situation. there wa...