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Military force in venezuela? >> you say words matter. but is it possible that the presidents word might not carry quite as much weight given the reaction that youre hearing from other republicans? >> i havent seen a war that senator graham doesnt like. if he doesnt like the idea of sending troops to venezuela, theres no support for this within the republican ranks or any other branch of the u.s. government, i might add. but, indeed, this is not, i mean, this is not about the reality of what u.s....

>> isnt the problem that the north koreans and chinese dont believe the united states will act militarily? they have basically called the bluff? >> i see this as more rhetoric around the same old strategy of detaching china from north korea and having negotiations to as tillerson says denuclearize the peninsula. its not going to stop them. we should adopt a longer term strategy of regime change that in the short-term would be robust policy of deterrence and containment. >> thats the new debate. ...

Ma civic, we have now set it up as if -- he will look as if he is backing down. >> isnt the problem that the north koreans and chinese dont believe the united states will act militarily? they have basically called the bluff? >> i see this as more rhetoric around the same old strategy of detaching china from north korea and having negotiations to as tillerson says denuclearize the peninsula. its not going to stop them. we should adopt a longer term strategy of regime change that in the short-term...

Huge bluff. and as a consequence, that results in a chinese view that, yeah, well do a few things to try and talk the north koreans into coming around to a more reasonable posture. at least freezing what theyre currently doing. but at the end of the day, if the north koreans evolve into a fully replete nuclear weapon state with icbms, with miniaturized warheads on top, then the chinese view is the u.s. will just have to accept that reality. and what none of us know is whether president trump wil...

>> isnt the problem that the north koreans and chinese dont believe the united states will act militarily? they have basically called the bluff? >> i see this as more rhetoric around the same old strategy of detaching china from north korea and having negotiations to as tillerson says denuclearize the peninsula. its not going to stop them. we should adopt a longer term strategy of regime change that in the short-term would be robust policy of deterrence and containment. >> thats the new debate. ...

By saying, if you even make a threat, if you -- north korea said they were going do missile tests near to guam. he turned that into a threat. he raised the ante to you end up limiting your own ability to strike a deal. if north korea goes and does some sort of missile test in the pacific, we have now set it up as if hes going to look as if hes backing down if he retaliates. >> isnt the problem that the north koreans and chinese dont believe the united states will act militarily? they have basica...

Military expert at kings college in london. thanks so much for joining us, martin. leon panetta saying hes fueling the situation. when we look at the tactics behind this, this latest rhetoric, if you like, this idea of like calling each others bluff, you hit me and ill respond in the worst possible way, is there a rationale behind it or just offer the cuff talk? >> well, firstly, i dont agree that its president trumps rhetoric thats fueling the situation. okay. >> you -- >> i have a different vi...

Carrier pigeons, because they will not be able to talk to each other. >> jeanine: one more question. south korea, everybody knows that if we strike them, they will strike us before and south korea. what it with the thaad missile defense system? >> >> nobodyr thinks youre ser. it has been so much bluff. pis is not a president that anybody ought to take deadly serious. you and i cannot agree with youd more. colonel oliver north. a quick programming note. be sure to watch oliver north on "war stori...

Any republicans out there who think this might be a bluff. >> gillian: >> trish: they neede is our presidents before this g.o.p. civil war, who does that serve? it doesnt serve the president or the congress. congress is up from 10-20%.

Worst. but there are other points to be made here. margaret, what did you want to come in with? >> i was just going to say that, you know, i think first of all president obama is not the president anymore. president trump is. and the situation has changed somewhat dramatically in just the intervening six months in terms of what we now know or believe about north koreas capability and how far along they are. and so for a long time the conventional wisdom has been even as the u.s. tries to prepare...