Eli Lake, Columnist

Don't Be Fooled by North Korea's Olympic Ploy

Now is not the time to give peace a chance.

January 18, 2018 at 10:00 AM UTC

Eli Lake is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering national security and foreign policy. He was the senior national security correspondent for the Daily Beast and covered national security and intelligence for the Washington Times, the New York Sun and UPI.

Cool it already with the "Olympic spirit."
Photographer: Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

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For those vulnerable to displays of pageantry and pacifism, the news from the Koreas this week must have been alluring. At a moment when North Korea's dictator is threatening the world with hydrogen bombs and long-range missiles, the North and the South agreed to march together in the Olympic ceremonies next month under a common flag.

Well, I have some bad news for the dreamers. Now is not the time to give peace a chance.