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>> well, i don't think they mean that, and it's the first time they've heard it like they heard it. frankly, the people that were questioning that statement, was it too tough? maybe it wasn't tough enough. they've been doing this to our country for a long time, for many years. it's about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries. so if anything, maybe that statement wasn't tough enough, and we're backed by 100% by our military. we're backed by everybody, and we're backed by many other leaders. i notice that many senators and others today c...

We're ready for the type of conflict being advertised right now. >> general marks, on that front, the president says if the united states strikes he gives a totally different perspective, he says it's going to be successful and done quickly which harkens back to words we heard in iraq, very different situation and we're still not done. here he is today. >> i have no choice but to take it on and i'm taking it on and we'll either be very, very successful or very, very successful in a different way quickly. >> our barbara starr reports that there's no evidence of deployment as general hertling ju...

An attempt to threaten to compel action is very dangerous because it's highly unlikely the other side is going to actually do what you want, which means unless you want to lose your credibility as a world power, you're going have to act. so it was very helpful, i think. >> general marks, when the north koreans talk which they did many this latest statement very specific about four ballistic missiles being fired toward guam that will fall short of guam i guess as a threat of some sort, how likely is there -- how possible is it that is not what actually happens? if missiles are launched, how doe...

North korean regime and the president it's hard to imagine scenarios. we want to do that in a responsible way, obviously, so we brought in general spider marks. general marks, let's look at the map here. the distances are so close. >> they really are. the capital of south korea, seoul, that distance is about 30 miles. >> from the border. >> from the dmz in red. the capital is pyongyang, a little more distance. this is compact mountainous terrain. >> if there was a conflict, what are we looking at? >> let me go to this map. first of all, for orientation, seoul and its relationship to the demill...

Almost exclusively on north korea, and that would be what we would have to do, this is a single war, and it would be a devastating conflict which would take a lot of our equipment, forces, manpower, and will, the rest of the world is still there. there are certainly a lot of challenges that we face that i think the national security council and the president and his cabinet need to consider before you just focus everything on one spot on the globe. >> right. obviously afghanistan, which is even just recently has been more in the news about troop levels there, syria, iraq, elsewhere. >> right. ...