The head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee mentioned Sunday he fears North Korea will attempt to “actual a worth’’ over suspected US Army defector Travis King.
“I’m positive that he’s not being handled very effectively. I believe it was a severe mistake on his half, and I hope we are able to get him again,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) mentioned of the 23-year-old calvary scout on ABC’s “This Week.”
“I believe he was operating from his issues,” McCaul mentioned of King, a military personal 2nd Class from Wisconsin.
The North Koreans could now attempt to capitalize on the obvious defection, McCaul mentioned.
“We see this with Russia, China, Iran: When they take an American, significantly a soldier, captive, they actual a worth for that. And that’s what I fear about,” the congressman mentioned.
King crossed the demilitarized zone Tuesday whereas going through disciplining proceedings for an assault case in Seoul, South Korea.
“He was going through disciplinary costs and was gonna get a flight again to the United States. But as an alternative, he didn’t board the airplane, went with a tour group to the DMZ [demilitarized zone along the North-South Korea border] after which ran throughout the road,” McCaul mentioned.
“That’s one thing you simply don’t do,” the House member mentioned.
King had been detained for the assault case and in addition reportedly broken a South Korean police car.
He crossed the DMZ “willfully and with out authorization,” in keeping with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
ABC present moderator Martha Raddatz took observe of the fraught relations between the US and the pariah state on the time, together with North Korea’s latest cruise-missile firing spree Saturday.
Those launches got here as North Korea has publicly grumbled a couple of US nuclear submarine that docked in South Korea.
“It’s a projection of power that we want proper now to discourage aggression,” McCaul mentioned of the sub docking. “We’re seeing a really aggressive — not solely North Korea and the rockets fired within the Sea of Japan — but in addition the aggression we see from China [regarding Taiwan].
“North Korea must know that we’re there, that we now have superiority with the nuclear subs. We have to get of their head and [Chinese] Chairman Xi [Jinping]’s head that in the event that they do something that’s aggressive militarily, there will probably be penalties to that,” McCaul mentioned.
The head of the House Foreign Affairs Committee mentioned Sunday he fears North Korea will attempt to “actual a worth’’ over suspected US Army defector Travis King.
“I’m positive that he’s not being handled very effectively. I believe it was a severe mistake on his half, and I hope we are able to get him again,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) mentioned of the 23-year-old calvary scout on ABC’s “This Week.”
“I believe he was operating from his issues,” McCaul mentioned of King, a military personal 2nd Class from Wisconsin.
The North Koreans could now attempt to capitalize on the obvious defection, McCaul mentioned.
“We see this with Russia, China, Iran: When they take an American, significantly a soldier, captive, they actual a worth for that. And that’s what I fear about,” the congressman mentioned.
King crossed the demilitarized zone Tuesday whereas going through disciplining proceedings for an assault case in Seoul, South Korea.
“He was going through disciplinary costs and was gonna get a flight again to the United States. But as an alternative, he didn’t board the airplane, went with a tour group to the DMZ [demilitarized zone along the North-South Korea border] after which ran throughout the road,” McCaul mentioned.
“That’s one thing you simply don’t do,” the House member mentioned.
King had been detained for the assault case and in addition reportedly broken a South Korean police car.
He crossed the DMZ “willfully and with out authorization,” in keeping with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
ABC present moderator Martha Raddatz took observe of the fraught relations between the US and the pariah state on the time, together with North Korea’s latest cruise-missile firing spree Saturday.
Those launches got here as North Korea has publicly grumbled a couple of US nuclear submarine that docked in South Korea.
“It’s a projection of power that we want proper now to discourage aggression,” McCaul mentioned of the sub docking. “We’re seeing a really aggressive — not solely North Korea and the rockets fired within the Sea of Japan — but in addition the aggression we see from China [regarding Taiwan].
“North Korea must know that we’re there, that we now have superiority with the nuclear subs. We have to get of their head and [Chinese] Chairman Xi [Jinping]’s head that in the event that they do something that’s aggressive militarily, there will probably be penalties to that,” McCaul mentioned.
