Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20170810:00:46:00
That's why the rhetoric is so dangerous. when you start this ladder of escalation up, and the rhetoric leads to something more specific, which is the way the north koreans responded to president trump's generalized rhetoric, was something more specific. and even more specific in the last few hours. then that changes the character of the discussion. now it's no longer a generalized, bombastic threat. now it's very pointed and very specific. and it demands counteraction. and that starts the action, reaction cycle. this is a very dangerous development. >> general clark, general hurtling, general ...