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Be hugely influential here. china just last weekend told north korea, wait, you can't operate as though you're the only one in existence. you can't, you know, destabilize an entire region. but how far is china willing to go beyond shaking the finger at north korea? >> well, this is a dilemma for the chinese. on the one hand they don't want to see a united korean peninsula with u.s. influence spreading north. on the other hand they understand that this problem country of theirs that they've been supporting has in fact created great instability in the region at least on a temporary basis. now we...

He knows the adversary on the other side of the demilitarized zone. >> just their pure mass, they have the largest military force in the world. their pure mass is very, very dangerous. >> reporter: the general dealt with kim jong-il, but after the north showed progress in its recent long-range rocket and nuclear tests, sharp said the son, kim jong-un, is even more dangerous. >> he is in a place where he has more threatening assets that are being developed than his father did. >> reporter: south korea is still trying to determine if the north recently used an entirely different offensive capabi...

That's where we are. we have tremendous offensive capability, but we cannot defend this country today. so we are having sicyber attack that succeed every day. they don't destroy things, they steal things. there's a massive transfer of intellectual property from american companies to china. the government is doing nothing to stop it, because the congress won't set up laws to allow the government to defend the united states. >> richard clarke, the book is " "cyber war," just out in paperwork. this is something that's changed the discussion, both in policymaking circles and those interested in na...

We have a tremendous offensive capability, as the united states military and intelligence community. we cannot defend this country today. and so we are having cyberattacks every day that succeed. they don't destroy things, they steal things. there's a massive transfer of intellectual property, of research and development. massive transfer from american companies and government labs to china. and the government is doing nothing to stop it. largely because the congress won't set up laws and regulations that allow the government to defend the united states. >> richard clarke, the book is "cyberwa...

Almost the rest of the world on traditional military resources. we think of ourselves as having an almost unbeatable military capacity, despite the things we've been involved in. do we have that kind of advantage when it comes to this kind of war? >> no, we don't. what if -- it's not true this year, but what the red sox had a killer lineup of hitters naked slug it over the great monster but had no bull pen? that's where we are. we have tremendous offensive capability, but we cannot defend this country today. so we are having cyber attacks that succeed every day. they don't destroy things, they...