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The series finale of the korean war comedy/drama "mash." it aired decades after open hostility ended, but the korean war still wasnt over and its not over now. today saber-rattling by north korea and u.s. is the latest drama in more than 70 years of u.s. involvement on the korean peninsula. the u.s. ended world war ii with two nuclear bombs dropped on japan in 1945. it also ended japans powerful empire including its rule of the korean peninsula 130 miles away. the u.s. and soviet union divided k...

U.s. because its clear that the chinese do not want to engage in military confrontation and would seek a diplomatic solution to anything. >> secretary tillerson said that we were prepared -- i think his word choice was, to chart our own course. do you interpret that to mean that its an acknowledgment that president xi and the chinese are not about to reign in pea i dont think yang? >> according to chinese media they pre-announced before this meeting with trump that if the u.s. were to go ahead a...

We were prepared -- i think his word choice was, to chart our own course. do you interpret that to mean that its an acknowledgment that president xi and the chinese are not about to rein in pyongyang? >> according to chinese media they basically sort of preannounced before this meeting with trump that if the u.s. were to go ahead and perform a surgical strike against the north korean leader, china would not be in a position to stop it because the chinese would not know when the strike would occu...

Would attack quite frequently on the campaign trail just like he did germanys same date they were not paying us enough to have our soldiers there. i think hes come to appreciate now why it is an american interest to have 50,000 troops in japan, 25,000 troops along the 38th parallel in south korea. this is in our interest as a global power to contain north korea from threatening the region. >> leland: also as you would point out, hundreds of thousands of american troops, sailors, airmen, marines ...

Kind of troops you have now or up against the 38th parallel. we should be committed to nuclearize the korean peninsula. i simply dont know whether that would be enough to get them to use their economic leverage. >> i got to move on. mike flynn, is he in hot water with these reports that he not only talked about potential lifting sanctions but seems to have misled the vice president-elect at the time? >> hes clearly in hot water. its a boon for the democrats who are beating him up and to know tha...

Well you might expect a movie about doing away with the leader of north korea to be in high demand of the other side of the 38th parallel. as it turns out, south koreans arent gripped by todays release of the video. >> while the united states has been embroiled in the on off, on again release of the interview, here in south korea, which sits 60 ki limitation of motilometer it isnt on big screens at all. most the movies shown in this country now are local, domestic made movies "the interview" was...

Come to the border. he should come down. >> i would prefer the president didnt spend all his time fundraising. i give you that. i dont think its that necessary for him to go to the border. i think at this point you dont need the optics. i want to see a policy. he could sit at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and say, this is how i solve the border crisis. this is what im going to do with honduras, nicaragua and everybody else. this is how im going to be handling how theyre transversing into mexico. i do...

Because success is fragile. this is not -- there is nothing unusual about this. thats not the complete destruction of nefarious forces that exist in the middle east which are numerous and to some extent connected. this is a -- was a fragile situation which is why continuing force is need. >> the american people tolerate american forces on the 38th parallel in korea because korea itself is not engulfed in a civil war. the war isnt over in iraq. >> i have to think that people who remember fallujah...

Because success is fragile. this is not -- there is nothing unusual about this. thats not the complete destruction of nefarious forces that exist in the middle east which are numerous and to some extent connected. this is a -- was a fragile situation which is why continuing force is ed. >> the american people tolerate american forces on the 38th parallel in korea because korea itself is not engulfed in a civil war. the war isnt over in iraq. >> i have to think that people who remember fallujah a...

Because success is fragile. this is not -- there is nothing unusual about this. thats not the complete destruction of nefarious forces that exist in the middle east which are numerous and to some extent connected. this is a -- was a fragile situation which is why continuing force is need. >> the american people tolerate american forces on the 38th parallel in korea because korea itself is not engulfed in a civil war. the war isnt over in iraq. >> i have to think that people who remember fallujah...