Pentagon Pushes Back, Says No Pre-Emptive Strike Planned for North Korea

By Joe Cunningham | 10:30 PM on April 13, 2017

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FILE - The Pentagon is seen in this aerial view in Washington, in this March 27, 2008 file photo. The Pentagon has revised its Law of War guidelines to remove wording that could permit U.S. military commanders to treat war correspondents as ‚Äúunprivileged belligerents‚Äù if they think the journalists are sympathizing or cooperating with enemy forces. The amended manual, published on July 22, 2016, also drops wording that equated journalism with spying. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Earlier, we reported on NBC’s claim that the U.S. military was preparing for a pre-emptive strike against North Korea, should they try to test a nuclear weapon in the near future.

Fox News and others are now reporting that the Pentagon is pushing back heavily against this claim.

Multiple sr defense officials say this report is "wildly wrong" "crazy." Pentagon pushing back on NBC report, call it "extremely dangerous." https://t.co/BLnoPHnhj9

— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) April 13, 2017

At this point, we don’t know which story is true, as it really is Anonymous Sources vs. Anonymous Sources. The best thing to do now is to keep an eye on that region of the world to see what North Korea, South Korea, China, and the U.S. do in the coming week(s).

Joe Cunningham is a Senior Editor at RedState, as well as a former teacher and coach. He is the host of the Joe Cunningham Show, which airs from 3-4 p.m. (CT) on NewsTalk 96.5 KPEL in Lafayette, Louisiana.