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Fourth, detail. Trump’s “fire and fury like the world has never seen” can be interpreted in many ways, if indeed it is even understood as a statement of policy, not just rhetoric. Conversely, from Mattis’ precise statement, we can now deduct the outline of what a U.S. strike would look like.
Thus, Mattis asserted that “we are not looking to the total annihilation of a country, namely, North Korea”. Translation: a U.S. strike would target North Korean nuclear and military assets, rather than destroy the whole country, and is unlikely to involve any U.S. invasion; but such a U.S. strike would nonetheless be massive and sudden, and without further warning, if North Korea were to make the threat in question.
What does 'thus' mean here?
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/09/04/james-mattis-just-out-trumped-trump-on-north-korea/
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The highlighted word 'deduct' should surely be 'deduce'. ' to be used accurately to mean 'therefore' / 'as a result of this'.
- The highlighted word 'deduct' should surely be 'deduce'.
- ' to be used accurately to mean 'therefore' / 'as a result of this'.
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The highlighted word 'deduct' should surely be 'deduce'. This enables 'Thus...' to be used accurately to mean 'therefore' / 'as a result of this'.
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