Article snippet: Posted at 11:59 pm on August 1, 2017 by Sarah Lee As the U.S prepares to answer yet another illegal ICBM launch from North Korea’s belligerent leader Kim Jong Un by launching their own missile off the coast of California Wednesday, Senator Ted Cruz unveiled a specific, thoughtful and balanced approach toward dealing with the tiny country hellbent on stirring up trouble in a Tuesday op-ed at the Washington Post. Cruz’s op-ed comes just before the U.S., in a continued show of force that began Sunday when the U.S. and her allies flew bombers and fighter jets over the Korean peninsula for 10 hours, launches its own ICBM from California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base. The launch is a response to what analysts believe are North Korea’s new capabilities; namely, that their new missiles could come within range of the U.S. mainland. In his op-ed, Cruz acknowledges this new threat and outlines a 3-pronged approach to dealing with North Korea’s growing aggression: “effectively nullify Pyongyang’s ability to target the United States and our allies, freeze the resources that North Korea funnels to its ballistic missile and nuclear capabilities, and send a signal to disenchanted Korean Workers Party elites that they could have a future in a reunified Korea,” the Senator writes. Cruz methodically outlines the missile defenses the U.S. and South Korea currently have in place to protect them from North Korean aggression, but suggests it may be time to look even further — into sp... Link to the full article to read more