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What seems like a loose construct for this administration that if they do anything, it will be seen as provoking putin, but if they let putin go, it will be an act of american weakness. can you just give us the strategic framework in which we should be examining and sort of probing and following this crisis. >> so my view, having negotiated with vladimir putin, written about him for 20 years, hes not going to be, quote, unquote, provoked by military assistance to ukraine or nato troops moving ar...

They know no one is really going to resort to nuclear weapons. however if they feel the united states is going to carry out a conventional weapons attack like they saw in syria the second korean war will have to start. what hes doing is hes ratcheting up the tension because north korea are the masters of playing the provocation game and donald trump may be taking the bait. >> do you think there is clarity on our threshold? is something near guam our threshold? what is our threshold? >> the secre...

These are two leaders who are master trolls here. north korea has been playing this game for 63 years and been preparing for war for 63 years. they know no one is really going to resort to nuclear weapons. however if they feel the united states is going to carry out a conventional weapons attack like they saw in syria the second korean war will is to start. what hes doing is hes ratcheting up the tension because north korea are the masters of playing the provocation game and donald trump may be ...

Korean war will have to start. what hes doing is hes ratcheting up the tension because north korea are the masters of playing the provocation game and donald trump may be taking the bait. >> do you think there is clarity on our threshold? is something near guam our threshold? what is our threshold? >> the secretary of defense said an attack on guam would be -- reason for a retaliation. that is correct. but if north korea decides to do an intermediate range ballistic missile test and it misses gu...