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Nearly three-quarters of Americans are concerned the United States could get involved in a full-scale war with North Korea, even as a majority lacks trust in President Trump to handle the situation, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. 
  
 A new high of 66 percent say North Korea poses a "serious threat" to the United States, up from 54 percent in a 2005 Post-ABC poll and 55 percent in 2003, with concern spanning partisan and ideological lines. 
  
 The poll was conducted shortly after North Korea launched its farthest-reaching missile test to date in July with a range experts say could reach Alaska. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the missile test was a new escalation of the threat posed to the United States and the world, and that Washington would bring North Korea's action before the U.N. Security Council. 
  
 The Post-ABC poll finds lagging confidence in Trump to handle the situation, with 36 percent saying they trust Trump at least "a good amount" to deal with the issue, while 63 percent have "just some" or less confidence. Four in 10 say they do not trust Trump "at all" on the issue, nearly twice the number who express "a great deal" of confidence. 
  
 As with approval of Trump in general, there is a large partisan divide in the public's faith in Trump on this issue. An 81 percent majority of Republicans trust Trump at least a good amount to handle North Korea, while only 11 percent of Democrats say the same. Independents are closer to Democrats, with 31 percent trusting Trump a good amount or more while 66 percent trust him just some or not at all. 
  
 Ideological differences are also sharp but unbalanced. While 86 percent of liberals trust Trump just some or not at all to deal with North Korea, a smaller 66 percent majority of conservatives express faith in his leadership. 
  
 There are also political divisions in concerns about a full-scale war breaking out with North Korea. Overall, 74 percent of Americans say they are very or somewhat concerned about this prospect, including 39 percent who are "very concerned" while 35 percent are "somewhat concerned." 
  
 Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans say they are "very concerned" about the United States getting involved in a full-scale war, 53 percent vs. 27 percent, with 36 percent of independents expressing significant concern. 
  
 Despite differing worries about a full-scale war, Democrats and Republicans see eye-to-eye when it comes to the threat North Korea poses: Two-thirds of Democrats along with 7 in 10 Republicans say that North Korea is a serious threat, and 65 percent of independents agree, all at least slightly higher than in 2005. 
  
 The poll finds concern that the United States will get involved in a war with North Korea peaks among African Americans, 63 percent of whom are "very" concerned, compared with 49 percent of Hispanics and 33 percent of whites. There is also a large gender gap, with 51 percent of women saying they are "very concerned" about the possibility compared with 27 percent of men. 
  
 Women have also become sharply more wary of the threat posed by North Korea than in the past. Fully 73 percent of women say North Korea is a serious threat, up 23 points from 2005, when 50 percent of women said the same. Among men, just under 6 in 10 at both time points have said North Korea is a serious threat. 
  
 The Post-ABC poll also finds an age gap in fears of North Korea, with 77 percent of Americans ages 40 and older saying the country poses a serious threat compared with 49 percent of people younger than 40. The younger group has not changed in their concern since 2005, while concerns among those over age 40 have grown by 19 percentage points. 
  
 The Post-ABC poll was conducted July 10-13 among a random national sample of 1,001 adults reached on cellular and landline phones. The margin of sampling error for overall results is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. 
  
 Scott Clement contributed to this report. ||||| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea does not have the ability to strike the United States with “any degree of accuracy” and while its missiles have the range, they lack the necessary guidance capability, the vice chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Tuesday. 
  
 Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force General Paul Selva speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, U.S., October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron 
  
 Earlier this month North Korea said it had conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and that it had mastered the technology to mount a nuclear warhead on the missile. 
  
 But General Paul Selva, speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the July 4th test stopped short of showing North Korea had “the capacity to strike the United States with any degree of accuracy or reasonable confidence of success.” 
  
 Pyongyang’s state media said the test successfully verified the atmospheric re-entry of the warhead, which experts say may be able to reach the U.S. state of Alaska. 
  
 “What the experts tell me is that the North Koreans have yet to demonstrate the capacity to do the guidance and control that would be required,” said Selva, the second highest-ranking U.S. military official. 
  
 South Korea’s intelligence agency also does not believe North Korea has secured re-entry capabilities for its ICBM program. 
  
 South Korea on Monday proposed military talks with North Korea, the first formal overture to Pyongyang by the government of President Moon Jae-in, to discuss ways to avoid hostile acts near the heavily militarized border. 
  
 The United States has remained technically at war with North Korea since the 1950-53 Korean conflict ended in an armistice rather than a peace treaty and the past six decades have been punctuated by periodic rises in antagonism and rhetoric that have always stopped short of a resumption of active hostilities. 
  
 Tensions have risen sharply after North Korea conducted two nuclear weapons tests last year and carried out a steady stream of ballistic missile tests. 
  
 When asked about preemptive military operations against North Korea, Selva said he believed that “we have to entertain that potential option.” 
  
 “We need to think seriously about what the consequences of that action might be,” Selva said. ||||| The second-highest ranking military officer in the U.S. told Congress on Tuesday that while North Korea "clearly" has missiles with the capability to reach the United States, it does not have the capacity to strike accurately or successfully. 
  
 On July 4, North Korea successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which traveled into a high-altitude trajectory of 1,730 miles and flew horizontally about 575 miles into the Sea of Japan. 
  
 "I ... am not sanguine that the test on the Fourth of July demonstrates that they have the capacity to strike the United States with any degree of accuracy or reasonable confidence of success," Gen. Paul Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. 
  
 "On range, they clearly have the capability," he added. 
  
 Despite North Korea's success on July 4, experts assess that the regime does not presently have the re-entry technology needed for a nuclear warhead to reach its target. It's also believed that North Korea lacks the ability to miniaturize a nuclear warhead capable of being mounted on top of an ICBM. 
  
 But the test did demonstrate that this new missile -- if fired at the proper trajectory -- was capable of reaching Alaska. 
  
 AFP/Getty Images 
  
 "Testing an ICBM represents a new escalation of the threat to the United States, our allies and partners, the region, and the world," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement following the test earlier this month. 
  
 As with some previous missile tests, the ICBM was fired via a mobile-launcher, making it harder for U.S. intelligence to track the movement of North Korea's weapons, something Selva said concerned him. 
  
 "I'm reasonably confident in the ability of our intelligence community to monitor the testing but not the deployment of these missile systems," he said. "Kim Jong-un and his forces are very good at camouflage, concealment and deception." 
  
 Despite Tillerson's assertion that the ICBM test represented an "escalation of the threat" to the U.S., the Trump administration has insisted it will use diplomacy first in dealing with this latest provocation. |||||Summary:
– When it comes to North Korea's ability to hit the the US with a nuclear warhead, there's good news and bad news. Gen. Paul Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday that North Korea "clearly" has missiles that can reach the US, ABC News reports. Selva said the ICBM tested by North Korea on the Fourth of July could reach Alaska. But, according to Reuters, Selva added that North Korea doesn't yet have the missile re-entry and guidance technology to hit a US target with "any degree of accuracy" or to have any "reasonable confidence of success" in the strike. Selva told the Armed Services Committee that while "we have to entertain" the possibility of a preemptive military strike against North Korea, the US also needs "to think seriously about what the consequences of that action might be." The Washington Post reports a poll conducted shortly after North Korea's July 4 missile test found 74% of Americans are concerned about a full-scale war with the country. And only 36% of poll respondents have "a good amount" of confidence in President Trump to handle the situation with North Korea.
Artikel: Nästan tre fjärdedelar av amerikanerna är oroliga att USA skulle kunna engagera sig i ett fullskaligt krig med Nordkorea, även som en majoritet saknar förtroende för president Trump att hantera situationen, enligt en ny Washington Post-ABC News undersökning. En ny topp på 66 procent säger Nordkorea utgör ett "allvarligt hot" mot USA, en ökning från 54 procent i en post-ABC-undersökning 2005 och 55 procent 2003, med oro som spänner över partisan och ideologiska linjer. Undersökningen genomfördes kort efter att Nordkorea avfyrat sitt hittills mest långtgående robottest i juli med en räckvidd experter som säger kan nå Alaska. Utrikesminister Rex Tillerson sa att missiltestet var en ny upptrappning av hotet mot USA och världen, och att Washington skulle föra Nordkoreas agerande inför FN:s säkerhetsråd. Post-ABC-undersökningen finner släpande förtroende i Trump att hantera situationen, med 36 procent säger att de litar på Trump åtminstone "en bra mängd" för att hantera frågan, medan 63 procent har "bara några" eller mindre förtroende. Fyra av 10 säger att de inte litar på Trump "över huvud taget" i frågan, nästan dubbelt så många som uttrycker "mycket" förtroende. Liksom med godkännande av Trump i allmänhet finns det en stor partisanklyfta i allmänhetens tro på Trump i denna fråga. En 81 procents majoritet av republikanerna litar på Trump åtminstone en bra summa för att hantera Nordkorea, medan endast 11 procent av demokraterna säger detsamma. Oberoende är närmare demokrater, med 31 procent lita på Trump en bra summa eller mer medan 66 procent litar på honom bara några eller inte alls. Ideologiska skillnader är också skarpa men obalanserade. Medan 86 procent av liberalerna litar på Trump bara några eller inte alls för att ta itu med Nordkorea, uttrycker en mindre 66 procents majoritet av de konservativa tro på hans ledarskap. Det finns också politiska splittringar i oron för ett fullskaligt krig som bryter ut med Nordkorea. Totalt säger 74 procent av amerikanerna att de är mycket eller något oroade över denna framtidsutsikt, inklusive 39 procent som är "mycket bekymrade" medan 35 procent är "någonstädes bekymrade". Demokraterna är ungefär dubbelt så sannolika som republikanerna säger att de är "mycket oroade" över att USA blir inblandat i ett fullskaligt krig, 53 procent mot 27 procent, med 36 procent av oberoende som uttrycker betydande oro. Trots olika farhågor om ett fullskaligt krig ser demokrater och republikaner öga mot öga när det gäller hotet Nordkorea utgör: Två tredjedelar av demokraterna tillsammans med 7 av 10 republikaner säger att Nordkorea är ett allvarligt hot, och 65 procent av de oberoende är överens, alla åtminstone något högre än 2005. I undersökningen finner man oro för att USA kommer att bli inblandat i ett krig med Nordkoreas toppar bland afroamerikaner, varav 63 procent är "mycket" berörda, jämfört med 49 procent av latinamerikanerna och 33 procent av de vita. Det finns också en stor könsklyfta, där 51 procent av kvinnorna säger att de är "mycket oroade" över möjligheten jämfört med 27 procent av männen. Kvinnor har också blivit mycket mer uppmärksamma på hotet från Nordkorea än tidigare. Hela 73 procent av kvinnorna säger att Nordkorea är ett allvarligt hot, en ökning med 23 procentenheter från 2005, då 50 procent av kvinnorna sade samma sak. Bland män har knappt 6 av 10 vid båda tidpunkterna sagt att Nordkorea är ett allvarligt hot. Post-ABC-undersökningen finner också en åldersklyfta i rädsla för Nordkorea, med 77 procent av amerikanerna 40 år och äldre säger att landet utgör ett allvarligt hot jämfört med 49 procent av människor yngre än 40. Den yngre gruppen har inte förändrats i sin oro sedan 2005, medan oron bland personer över 40 år har ökat med 19 procentenheter. Post-ABC-undersökningen genomfördes 10-13 juli bland ett slumpmässigt nationellt urval på 1 001 vuxna som nåddes på mobiltelefoner och fasta telefoner. Urvalsfelmarginalen för de totala resultaten är plus eller minus 3,5 procentenheter. Scott Clement bidrog till denna rapport. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nordkorea har inte förmågan att slå USA med “någon grad av noggrannhet” och även om dess robotar har räckvidden, de saknar nödvändig vägledning förmåga, vice ordförande för USA: s gemensamma stabschefer sade på tisdag. Vice ordförande för de gemensamma stabscheferna USA:s flygvapengeneral Paul Selva talar vid Center for Strategic and International Studies i Washington, USA, 28 oktober 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron Tidigare denna månad Nordkorea sade att man hade genomfört sitt första test av en interkontinental ballistisk missil (ICBM), och att man hade bemästrat tekniken för att montera en kärnvapenstridsspets på roboten. Men general Paul Selva, talar inför senatens väpnade tjänstekommitté, sade den 4 juli testet slutade i brist på att visa Nordkorea hade “kapaciteten att slå USA med någon grad av noggrannhet eller rimligt förtroende för framgång.” Pyongyangs delstat media sade testet framgångsrikt verifierade atmosfärisk återinträde av stridsspetsen, som experter säger kan komma att nå den amerikanska delstaten Alaska. “Vad experterna säger mig är att nordkoreanerna har ännu inte visat förmåga att göra den vägledning och kontroll som skulle krävas,” sade Selva, den näst högst rankade amerikanska militärtjänstemannen. Sydkoreas underrättelsetjänst tror inte heller att Nordkorea har säkrat återinträdeskapacitet för sitt ICBM-program. Sydkorea föreslog i måndags militära samtal med Nordkorea, den första formella ouvertyren till Pyongyang av president Moon Jae-in-regeringen, för att diskutera sätt att undvika fientliga handlingar nära den kraftigt militariserade gränsen. USA har tekniskt sett förblivit i krig med Nordkorea sedan den koreanska konflikten 1950-53 slutade i vapenstillestånd snarare än ett fredsfördrag och de senaste sex decennierna har punkterats av periodiska uppgångar i antagonism och retorik som alltid har slutat med ett återupptagande av aktiva fientligheter. Spänningarna har ökat kraftigt efter att Nordkorea genomförde två kärnvapenprov förra året och genomförde en stadig ström av tester av ballistiska robotar. När han tillfrågades om förebyggande militära operationer mot Nordkorea, sade Selva att han trodde att “vi måste underhålla det potentiella alternativet.” “Vi måste tänka allvarligt på vilka konsekvenserna av den åtgärden kan bli,” sade Selva. Den näst högst rankade militären i USA sade till kongressen på tisdagen att även om Nordkorea "klart" har missiler med förmåga att nå USA, har det inte kapacitet att slå exakt eller framgångsrikt. Den 4 juli testade Nordkorea framgångsrikt sin första interkontinentala ballistiska missil (ICBM), som färdades in i en bana på 1 730 miles på hög höjd och flög horisontellt cirka 575 miles ut i Japans hav. "Jag... är inte sanguine att testet den fjärde juli visar att de har kapacitet att slå till mot USA med någon grad av noggrannhet eller rimligt förtroende för framgång," Gen. Paul Selva, vice ordförande för de gemensamma stabscheferna, berättade för senatens väpnade tjänstekommitté. "På avstånd har de helt klart förmågan", tillade han. Trots Nordkoreas framgångar den 4 juli bedömer experter att regimen för närvarande inte har den återinträdesteknik som krävs för att en kärnvapenstridsspets ska nå sitt mål. Man tror också att Nordkorea saknar förmågan att miniatyrisera en kärnvapenstridsspets som kan monteras ovanpå en ICBM. Men testet visade att den nya missilen, om den avfyrades på rätt bana, kunde nå Alaska. AFP/Getty Images "Testa en ICBM representerar en ny upptrappning av hotet mot USA, våra allierade och partners, regionen, och världen," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson sade i ett uttalande efter testet tidigare i månaden. Precis som med några tidigare robottester avfyrades ICBM via en mobil-lansering, vilket gjorde det svårare för USA:s underrättelsetjänst att spåra rörelsen av Nordkoreas vapen, något Selva sade gällde honom. "Jag är tämligen säker på vår underrättelsetjänsts förmåga att övervaka testerna men inte på utplaceringen av dessa missilsystem", sade han. "Kim Jong-un och hans styrkor är mycket bra på kamouflage, döljande och bedrägeri." Trots Tillersons påstående om att ICBM-testet representerade en "upptrappning av hotet" mot USA, har Trump-administrationen insisterat på att den ska använda diplomati först i hanteringen av denna senaste provokation. ••••••••••••••••••••••
Article: Nearly three-quarters of Americans are concerned that the United States could engage in a full-scale war with North Korea, even as a majority lack confidence in President Trump to deal with the situation, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News survey. A new peak of 66% says North Korea poses a "serious threat" to the United States, up from 54% in a 2005 post-ABC poll and 55% in 2003, with concerns spanning partisan and ideological lines. The survey was conducted shortly after North Korea fired its most far-reaching missile test to date in July with a range of experts saying can reach Alaska. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the missile test was a new escalation of the threat to the United States and the world, and that Washington would bring North Korea's actions before the United Nations Security Council. The Post-ABC survey finds trailing confidence in Trump to deal with the situation, with 36 percent saying they trust Trump at least "a good amount" to deal with the issue, while 63 percent have "just a few" or less confidence. Four out of 10 say they don't trust Trump "at all" on the issue, almost twice as many as express "much" confidence. As with the approval of Trump in general, there is a large partisan gap in public belief in Trump on this issue. An 81% majority of Republicans trust Trump at least a good sum to deal with North Korea, while only 11% of Democrats say the same. Independents are closer to Democrats, with 31 percent trusting Trump a good sum or more while 66 percent trust him just a few or not at all. Ideological differences are also sharp but unbalanced. While 86 percent of Liberals trust Trump only a few or not at all to address North Korea, a smaller 66 percent majority of Conservatives express faith in his leadership. There are also political divisions in the concern about a full-scale war that is raging with North Korea. In total, 74% of Americans say they are very or somewhat concerned about this prospect, including 39% who are "very concerned" while 35% are "somewhere concerned". Democrats are about twice as likely as Republicans say they are "very concerned" that the United States is getting involved in a full-scale war, 53 percent versus 27 percent, with 36 percent of independence expressing significant concern. Despite various fears of a full-scale war, Democrats and Republicans look face-to-face regarding the threat North Korea poses: Two thirds of Democrats along with 7 out of 10 Republicans say North Korea is a serious threat, and 65 percent of the Independents agree, all at least slightly higher than in 2005. The survey finds concern that the United States will be involved in a war with North Korea's peaks among African Americans, 63 percent of whom are "very" concerned, compared with 49 percent of Hispanic and 33 percent of White. There is also a large gender gap, where 51% of women say they are "very concerned" about the possibility compared to 27% of men. Women have also become much more aware of the threat from North Korea than before. As much as 73% of women say that North Korea is a serious threat, an increase of 23 percentage points from 2005, when 50% of women said the same thing. Among men, just under 6 out of 10 at both times have said that North Korea is a serious threat. The Post-ABC survey also finds an age gap in fear of North Korea, with 77% of Americans aged 40 and older saying that the country poses a serious threat compared to 49% of people under 40. The younger group has not changed in its concerns since 2005, while the concern among people over 40 has increased by 19 percentage points. The Post-ABC survey was conducted July 10-13 among a random national sample of 1,001 adults reached on mobile phones and landlines. The sample error margin for the total results is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points. Scott Clement contributed to this report. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea does not have the ability to beat the United States with “any degree of accuracy” and although its missiles have the range, they lack the necessary guidance capability, vice-president of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Tuesday. Vice-President of Joint Chiefs of Staff United States Air Force General Paul Selva speaking at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, United States, October 28, 2016. REUTERS/Gary Cameron Earlier this month North Korea said it had conducted its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), and that it had mastered the technology to mount a nuclear warhead on the missile. But General Paul Selva, speaking before the Senate Armed Service Committee, said the July 4 test ended in the lack of showing North Korea had “the capacity to beat the United States with any degree of accuracy or reasonable confidence in success.” Pyongyang state media said the test successfully verified atmospheric re-entry of the warhead, which experts say may reach the U.S. state of Alaska. “What the experts tell me is that the North Koreans have not yet shown the ability to do the guidance and control that would be required,” said Selva, the second-ranking U.S. military official. Korean intelligence also does not believe North Korea has secured re-entry capacity for its ICBM program. South Korea proposed on Monday's military talks with North Korea, the first formal overture to Pyongyang by President Moon Jae-in government, to discuss ways to avoid hostile actions near the heavily militarized border. The United States has technically remained at war with North Korea since the Korean conflict of 1950-53 ended in armistice rather than a peace treaty and the last six decades have been punctuated by periodic rises in antagonism and rhetoric that have always ended with a resumption of active hostilities. Tensions have increased sharply after North Korea conducted two nuclear tests last year and conducted a steady stream of tests of ballistic missiles. When asked about preventive military operations against North Korea, Selva said he believed that “we must maintain the potential option.” “We need to think seriously about the consequences of that action,” Selva said. The second highest ranking military in the United States told Congress on Tuesday that although North Korea "clearly" has missiles capable of reaching the United States, it does not have the capacity to strike accurately or successfully. On July 4, North Korea successfully tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which traveled into a track of 1,730 miles at high altitude and flew horizontally about 575 miles into the Sea of Japan. "I... am not sanguine that the test of July 4 shows that they have the capacity to strike the United States with any degree of accuracy or reasonable confidence in success," Gen. Paul Selva, vice-president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Service Committee. "From a distance they clearly have the ability," he added. Despite North Korea's success on 4 July, experts estimate that the regime currently does not have the re-entry technology necessary for a nuclear warhead to reach its target. It is also believed that North Korea lacks the ability to miniaturize a nuclear warhead that can be mounted on top of an ICBM. But the test showed that the new missile, if fired on the right track, could reach Alaska. AFP/Getty Images "Test an ICBM represents a new escalation of the threat to the United States, our allies and partners, the region, and the world," Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement after the test earlier this month. As with some previous missile tests, ICBM was fired via a mobile launch, making it more difficult for the U.S. intelligence to track the movement of North Korea's weapons, something Selva said concerned him. "I'm fairly confident of our intelligence service's ability to monitor the tests but not on the deployment of these missile systems," he said. "Kim Jong-un and his forces are very good at camouflage, concealment and fraud." Despite Tillerson's claim that the ICBM test represented an "escalation of the threat" to the United States, the Trump administration has insisted that it use diplomacy first in dealing with this latest provocation. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>
– När det gäller Nordkoreas förmåga att slå USA med en kärnvapenstridsspets finns det goda och dåliga nyheter. General Paul Selva, vice ordförande för de gemensamma stabscheferna, berättade för senatens väpnade tjänsteutskott i tisdags att Nordkorea "klart" har missiler som kan nå USA, ABC News rapporter. Selva sa att ICBM som testades av Nordkorea den 4 juli kunde nå Alaska. Men, enligt Reuters, tillade Selva att Nordkorea ännu inte har missilen återinträde och vägledning teknik för att träffa ett amerikanskt mål med "någon grad av noggrannhet" eller att ha något "rimligt förtroende för framgång" i strejken. Selva berättade för Beväpnade tjänstekommittén att även om "vi måste underhålla" möjligheten till en förebyggande militär strejk mot Nordkorea, behöver USA också "tänka allvarligt på vilka konsekvenserna av den aktionen kan bli." Washington Post rapporterar en opinionsundersökning som genomfördes strax efter Nordkoreas 4 juli-missiltest som hittades 74% av amerikanerna är oroliga för ett fullskaligt krig med landet. Och bara 36% av de tillfrågade har "en god mängd" förtroende för att president Trump ska hantera situationen med Nordkorea.
“With regard to North Korea’s ability to beat the United States with a nuclear warhead, there is good and bad news. General Paul Selva, vice-president of the joint chiefs of staff, told the Senate Armed Service Committee on Tuesday that North Korea "clearly" has missiles capable of reaching the United States, ABC News reports. Selva said that ICBM tested by North Korea on July 4 could reach Alaska. However, according to Reuters, Selva added that North Korea does not yet have the missile re-entry and guidance technique to hit an American target with "some degree of accuracy" or to have some "reasonable confidence in success" in the strike. Selva told the Armed Services Committee that although "we must maintain" the possibility of a preventive military strike against North Korea, the United States also needs to "think seriously about what the consequences of that action might be." The Washington Post reports a poll conducted shortly after North Korea's July 4 missile test found 74% of Americans are concerned about a full-scale war with the country. And only 36% of those questioned have "a good amount" of confidence that President Trump will deal with the situation with North Korea.