Democrats are likely to pay dearly at the ballot box in 2018 for their reaction to threats from North Korea, The New York Times bestselling author Ronald Kessler told Newmax TV.
Kessler, appearing Monday on "Newsmax Now," told host Bill Tucker that Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez was not in sync with voters when he criticized President Donald Trump for tweeting threats to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over the country's nuclear program.
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"Most Americans do want a strong defense," said Kessler, author of "The First Family Detail." "They don't want to be wiped out by a country like North Korea."
But more astounding than Perez's words, he said, was the statement by Susan Rice, President Barack Obama's former chief of national security, who said the United States should just grow used to North Korea having nuclear weapons as it did with the Soviet Union.
"Well, there's an astounding difference between the Soviet leaders who were very rational, didn't want to be killed themselves, didn't want to be wiped out, versus the North Korean leader," Kessler said. "To say that we should just tolerate North Korea is suicidal."
Much like British Prime Minister Chamberlain's ill-fated appeasement approach with Nazi Germany, "if we don't take action now, it's going to be too late," Kessler said.
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