so then we circle back to diplomatic options and that s why president trump is pushing for diplomacy here. this visit to south korea is very important. but even more important are the meetings he will have with leaders of china and russia because it s china and russia that really have leverage over north korea. that s why this two week visit is so important for this crisis with north korea. brian: but they have to see the military hardware. they have to believe beyond the talking and beyond the diplomacy, colonel is, a legitimate military option. have you seen it? these guys the guys in charge or the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and secretary o secretary of de, the people that you know have you seen it? look i know general dunford and i think he has made a very clear statement of the fact to do certain things you have to have troops on the ground. this goes back, again, to clinton. clinton proposed the same thing. i mean, i have worked these options. i have walked the terr
so i think h.r. mcmasters said it best a few weeks ago when he said we have been kicking the can down the road there no road to kick the can down. brian: robbins best friend the one difference between he and his father and grandfather is now that he is pointing his threats at us, not just at our neighbors. so we really have no we have no option, right? that s correct. i mean, the conundrum with north korea is our normal ways for solve ago problem with a foreign country like diplomacy and sanctions have not worked so far. that s why we have to keep talking about military options. now, the joint chief of staff just a couple days ago we are talking about military options, and they reminded people that even if we used a full on air ircampaign we probably cannot get all of north korea s nuclear weapons. that means we would have to invade. in simplest terms that means there would be a lot of collateral damage for us and our allies like south korea and japan.