President Trump, who is preparing for his first trip as Commander-in-Chief to the Korean peninsula in early November, declared on the Fox Business Network on October 22 that the U.S. “is prepared for anything” when it comes to the North Korean nuclear crisis.

Speculation on what “anything” might mean has included, among other things, the possibility of a surgical strike on a North Korean missile or nuclear testing site.

Such a strike could come with little forewarning, as was demonstrated when the President carried out missile strikes in Syria last April. At that time President Trump was playing host to