Haley: Kim Jong Un 'begging for war'

 US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Monday that  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was "begging for war" as she urged the  UN Security Council to adopt the strongest sanctions measures possible  to stop Pyongyang's nuclear program. 

Speaking at a Security Council emergency meeting, Haley said North  Korea's sixth nuclear test was a clear sign that "the time for half  measures" from the UN had to end."Enough is enough," Haley said. "We have taken an incremental approach, and despite the best of intentions, it has not worked."Haley  began her statement by ticking through all of the resolutions the  Security Council has passed in response to North Korea's provocations  over the past two-plus decades, making the point that the UN has been  united condemning Pyongyang but the efforts have not managed to stop its  nuclear progress.She said the US does not want war but will  defend itself when North Korea is issuing threats with missiles pointed  at US territories.© UNTV"War  is never something the Unites States wants -- we don't want it now,"  Haley said. "But our country's patience is not unlimited. We will defend  our allies and our territory."The Security Council meeting was  convened in response to North Korea's latest nuclear test, but it's the  10th time that the council has met on North Korea this year -- and the  second time in less than a week, according to Jeffrey Feltman, UN  undersecretary for political affairs.President Donald Trump has  said in recent days that "talking is not the answer," and Defense  Secretary James Mattis warned on Sunday of a "massive military response"  to any threat from North Korea against the US or its allies.But  Trump has also targeted China as complicit in allowing North Korea's  nuclear program to march on. On Sunday, Trump tweeted that the US was  considering "stopping all trade with any country doing business with  North Korea," which would include China.At the UN meeting Monday,  Chinese Ambassador to the UN Liu Jieyi said the situation was "falling  into a vicious circle" and urged North Korea to "stop taking actions  that are wrong." "We strongly urge the DPRK to face up squarely  to the firm will of the international community on the issue of the  denuclearization of the peninsula and earnestly abide by the relevant  resolutions of the council."  At the same time, Liu cautioned against any military option."The peninsula issue must be resolved peacefully," he said. "China will never allow chaos and war on the peninsula."Liu  touted a proposal from China and Russia of a "suspension for  suspension," also known as "freeze for freeze," where Pyongyang would  freeze its nuclear program in exchange for the US and South Korea  suspending joint military exercises.But before he spoke, Haley called such a proposal "insulting.""The  idea that some have suggested a so-called 'freeze for freeze' is  insulting," she said. "When a rogue regime has a nuclear weapon and an  ICBM pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard. No one  would do that. We certainly won't."Haley also indirectly called  out China for its trade with North Korea, saying the United States would  look at every country that does business with Pyongyang "as a country  that is giving aid to their reckless and dangerous intentions."She  said that quickly enacting the strongest possible sanctions in the  Security Council was the only way to resolve the issue diplomatically."We've kicked the can down the road long enough," Haley said. "There is no more road left."