Tillerson: Use of Pre-Emptive Force an Option with North Korea

The greater irony is that statements such as "Use of Pre-Emptive Force an Option..." is a diplomatic strategy, a threat intended to induce a desired response. The actual use of pre-emptive force is a military strategy. The irony lies in the fact that Tillerson previously stated that diplomacy didn't work with North Korea which, historically, it never has, and it never will so long as China shields North Korea from the consequences of its actions.

Well since the armistice of 53 was a truce and North Korea scrapped it in 2013 on their part, they ought to have been worried since 2013 that they may be subject to renewed butt whoopin' operations.
Kind of a new dynamic in bargaining when folks don't pull force off table from the outset. Just don't know if numb nuts of the north is rational enough to realize that the new sheriff may not be bluffing when he says that pre-emptive force may be an option.