WHEN EVEN THE FRENCH ARE WORRIED, THAT IS NEWS – North Korea is our main foreign-policy worry right now.  President Trump isn't the only one warning that time is running out.  From AFP:   

PARIS — France’s foreign minister warned Friday that North Korea could have the capacity to deliver a nuclear strike on the United States and even Europe “within months.”

Jean-Yves Le Drian called the situation following a string of missile tests by Pyongyang “extremely serious” and urged the reclusive state to turn to dialogue to ease spiraling tensions.

“We see a North Korea whose objective is to have missiles capable of transporting a nuclear weapon tomorrow,” Le Drian told RTL radio.

“In a few months, that will be a reality. At that moment, when it has the capability to hit the US, even Europe and at the very least Japan and China, with a nuclear weapon, the situation will be explosive.”

Early on Tuesday, North Korea fired an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 over Japan, prompting US President Donald Trump to say that “all options” were on the table in an implied threat of preemptive military action.

COMMENT:  Some are arguing for more talks with North Korea.  Talks about what?  They've broken every agreement.  And yet the military option involves ghastly choices.

This is the place where Mr. Trump must lead.  He must pursue a policy, of his own making, that actually produces results, something Barack Obama never understood.

The ball is in our court, and I wonder about the advice Trump is getting.

September 1, 2017