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Best way to resolve this was to bring a show of force but to combine it with creative diplomacy. that's what really at the end of the day saves the situation. we didn't go -- we went eyeball to eyeball and the other side blinked. it was really a critical show of presidential leadership. one of the most critical in all of american history the way president kennedy combined the threat of force but also created diplomacy. he never abandoned that pursuit the whole way. >> robert, you did talk about this as the cuban missile crisis in slow motion. explain how you see it. >> well, this is a cuban mi...

The advent of nuclear weapon testing, the development of a nuclear program, even this weekend to see another attempt at a ballistic missile launch all confirms the fact that strategic patience has failed. >> what does it mean to end it in practical terms? it's use military force or find a diplomatic solution. >> i think as the president made clear, we're going to abandon the failed policy of strategic patience. but we're going to redouble our efforts to bring diplomatic and economic pressure to bear on north korea. our hope is that we can resolve this issue peaceably. i know the president was ...

You said the era of patience -- strategic patience is over. what does that mean in real terms? >> it was it the policy of the united states of america during previous administrations to practice what they call strategic patient. that was to hope to marshal international support to bring an end to the nuclear ambitions and ballistic missile program of north korea. that clearly has failed. the advent of nuclear weapon testing, the development of a nuclear program, even this weekend to see another attempt at a ballistic missile launch all confirms the fact that strategic patience has failed. >> r...