The inflaming verbal conflict between the US and the DPRK, which threatens to turn into a full-scale military confrontation between the two countries at any moment, led to the fact that Europe panicked.
German Foreign Minister Zigmar Gabriel criticized the "incomprehensibly bellicose rhetoric" of US President Donald Trump in the situation around the DPRK. However, the main message of the alarming statement by Germany's chief diplomat is that "it's absolutely unclear who is leading in the US," and with whom it is necessary to specifically dialogue in order to reduce the degree of tension on the American side, "writes the German Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger.
"We can not all not understand that all conflicts begin with statements, and end with military operations," warned Gabriel.. "The whole world is shocked at how unpredictable the US policy has become. Now it is difficult to understand who is in charge there, "he said..
In his concern, the German foreign minister directly points out that while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Pentagon chief James Mattis consider US military intervention to be erroneous, there are people in Trump's circle who want to replace the power of law with the right of stronger and "incline the master" White House press the red button ".
"Freedom, democracy and law are what many times inextricably linked us. The fact that the Americans part with this weakens the West, "the German minister complained, believing that the conflict over the DPRK" was struck by an hour of diplomacy, but not a battle cry ".
The opinion that in the Washington lobbies - the confusion and reeling, shared on the eve of the famous American film director Oliver Stone. In his opinion, "US policy is not established by the president". In the context of his film about Vladimir Putin, Stone notices that the Russian leader understands this well.
"Putin knows that there are restrictions. He knows that he is dealing with a person who is very irrational. And little that really decides, "- added Stone.
The conflict between the US and the DPRK broke out after Pyongyang conducted a series of provocative missile tests in dangerous proximity to the coast of Japan.
Donald Trump, during a telephone conversation with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, assured him that Washington was ready to respond to any threat from the DPRK against the US allies and publicly called on the military to develop a plan for the possible bombing of the Korean peninsula in order to disable all nuclear Objects of Pyongyang.
In response, the leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-un tested the readiness of the North Korean military to attack the United States. The army leadership provided him with a plan to strike at the US base on the Pacific island of Guam, if Washington still decides to uncover the guns.