the national guard and reserve, whether we have enough force to take to occupy, to disarm north korea. one thing is for certain. you ll see more american casualties in the first five minutes of a second korean war than we ve seen in the last 17 years in the wars in iraq and afghanistan. what we ve seen from this administration is not a lot of thoughtfulness, not a lot of commitment to diplomacy, but a lot of blustering, a lot of loose talk and a lot of loose talk about nuclear weapons that could have profoundly tragic consequences, not just for the united states but for the whole of southeast asia. senator kerry, on whaf of 50,000 americans in japan, the 28,000 in south korea, talk is one thing. it s quite different when you talk about an actual land war. well, yeah, absolutely. i mean, i think steve is right. the casualty rates would be enormous. but i again repeat, brian, we ve
korea. one thing is for certain. you ll see more american casualties in the first five minutes of a second korean war than we ve seen in the last 17 years of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. what we ve seen from this administration is not a lot of thoughtfulness, not a lot of commitment to diplomacy. but a lot of blustering, a lot of loose talk and a lot of loose talk about nuclear weapons that could have profoundly tragic consequences, not just for the united states, but for the whole of southeast asia. senator kerry, you ve worn the uniform, and on behalf of 50,000 americans in japan, 28,000 in south korea, talk is one thing, it s quite different when you talk about an actual land war. yeah, absolutely. i think steve s right. the casualty rates would be enormous. again, brian, we ve had a very strong deterrent action against north korea since 1953, and it
equivalent of a is that an accura accurate. no, no, it s 100% accurate, though there are other articles in the uniform code of military justice that are crimes in the military, but they re not necessarily felonies in civilian life. nevertheless those people who wind up getting general court-martials and sent to prison for more than since months, the only ones i can i can t remember any in mire experience that weren t felonies both inside and outside the military. colonel, what is the kind of training that this man would have received in the military? clearly this is a weapon that can cause the kind of casualty rates that we are seeing in texas, the economy automatic
reporter: the final push is on to clear isis from what was its key stronghold, the city of mosul. we were with u.s. backed iraqi troops on the front line. their fire is not precise, but overwhelming enough to allow them to advance. very close street fighting. we re on this rooftop here. they say that [ inaudible ] may be 50 yards ahead maximum. casualty rates among some iraqi units are at world war ii levels. u.s. officials tell nbc news isis hold on the city is down to less than half a square mile. we don t have a whole lot of visibility. it s rooftop to rooftop 100 meeters to 10 meeters in those engagements. reporter: with we re seeing the toll of three years isis occupation and the offensive has taken on mosul s people. more escaping and hiding among them, isis suicide bombers. the historic old city of mosul has been razed to the ground,
bad things may be in afghanistan right now. what are the low lights? the inspector general for afghan reconstruction issued his quarterly report and it states in no uncertain terms the casualty rates in afghanistan are shockingly high in the first six weeks of 2017. 807 afghan soldiers were killed by the taliban. doesn t include an incident that left 140 afghan soldiers dead in a single attack traded 11,000 were killed by the taliban last year, according to the u.n. dangerous and stubborn insurgency controls or exerts influence over areas holding about a third of the afghan population. heavy casualties and capability gaps limit the effectiveness. we are under no illusions about the challenges associated with the mission.