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>> well, just as you said, chris, exactly those things. and i want to go back to korea as the first one on that agenda. you know, what i would suggest as your military analyst as a war on the peninsula in the 21st century would be like -- unlike anything we've ever seen before, in terms of the massive artillery strikes that may occur. and the massive humanitarian disaster. there are over 30,000 u.s. forces on the ground in north korea, most of them near -- i'm sorry, in south korea, near the border with north korea. there are over 100,000 u.s. expats in seoul and in and around seoul. and there...

Every choice is a bad choice doesn't mean you don't have to choose. are we looking at a preemptive strike. are you trying to prepare us? are you being collectively and people like lipid say graham and tom cotton, preparing us for a first strike at north korea? >> what you're asking is are we preventing plans for a war, a war that would prevent north korea from threatening the united states with a nuclear weapon. the president has been very clear about it. he said he's not going to tolerate north korea being able to threaten the united states. look at the nature of that regime, if they had nucl...

House chief of staff? and what do you think his advice to the president will now be on north korea given this latest missile test, give. that he is now having moved from homeland security in the position of advising the president on everything. >> i've been an adviser to general kelly in his homeland security job. i think his advice will be very considered here. in other words, i don't think he is going to recommend a military response. i think he is going to recommend one that coordinates all of the tools of the u.s. government, diplomacy, showing a little military leg short of a preemptive s...

Congress has given them some. this is all good. it won't necessarily make relations worse. in fact the russians get this he they respect you. >> have you worked with general john kelly the incoming white house chief of staff? and what do you think his advice to the president will now be on north korea given this latest missile test, give. that he is now having moved from homeland security in the position of advising the president on everything. >> i've been an adviser to general kelly in his homeland security job. i think his advice will be very considered here. in other words, i don't think h...

We don't know if this was a mobile launcher. maybe solid state fuelling which gives us less time to spot them overhead from satellites. we don't know where their stuff is. >> a preemptive strike doesn't make sense, it's not rational. it would precipitate a situation where thousands would die. our posture is reactive, defensive. it's not designed to initiate a preemptive strike. could we do so, but at great cost. our choice is to squeeze until the regime says let's make a deal. they're not there yet. by increasing the defensive capability of japan and south korea, and possibly considering offen...