that kim jong-un is using nuclear weapons for defensive purposes to hold off the american imperialist that would attack north korea. are they also aware of secretary of state tillerson and him saying that he is trying to work diplomatically and establish back channel communications? ordinary people are not government officials are, but they are also acutely aware of american politics, and they were asking us if tillerson will arrive the end of the year, and whether nikki haley will replace him. first, here s what secretary of defense mattis said about the options in north korea. let me play this for you from yesterday. there s one thing the u.s. army can do, and that is you have got to be ready to ensure we have military options that our president can employ if needed. we currently are in a
as we see in venezuela.ut we know that radical islamists try to invade infiltrate in those areas. if it s a failed government, you can get closer to the united states. that s what they tried to do. kimberly: kennedy, they moved right into the failed states. kennedy: it s appropriate for the president of the united states to have an opinion especially if we are discussing events in our hemisphere which are not too far away. that s i fine. none of the comments that he made about venezuela would be surprising coming out of president obama or clinton or bush s mouth. o it s very similar and we tried to parse these things out and find the flaws. that s a given but there is a big difference between expressing an opinion and really being in imperialist. i m watching the ken burns documentary on vietnam. it s fascinating because if you see what the french did in vietnam over the course of 80
moved right into the failed states. kennedy: it s appropriate for the president of the united states to have an opinion especially if we are discussing events in our hemisphere which are not too far away. that s fine. none of the comments that you made about venezuela would be surprising coming out of obama or clinton or bush s mouth. it s very similar and we tried to parse these things out and find the flaws. that s a given but there is a big difference between expressing an opinion and really being in imperialist. i m watching the ken burns documentary on vietnam. it s fascinating because if you see with the french did in vietnam over the course of 80 years in the mistakes that the united states made, you hope to god that we have internalized and learn from some of those things. having a strong opinion and actually invading and colonial lysing a country they are two vastly different things. kimberly: thank you for that.
what is their goal? what do they want at the end? communism or a change in the western culture and western government. all of them despite having some are anarchists. those are two different government ideologies. they are all against the american system. they don t want the capitalist system. they have want to topple it. groups who fight against imperialists are their allies. abby: headlines i was reading you siding with north korea. north korea sending out ballistic missiles, it s a horrifying situation that s playing out with north korea. and have you these groups right here in the u.s. that are siding with them. i have read literature over the years. they think these groups are being bullied by america. you can t find a problem around the world where they can t find some way to blame the united states. a famine in africa. a dictatorship in north korea. they say that s all because of our unjust imperialist aggression. they think united states is a force for bad. that s why you s
statement. tillerson is giving the president an identity to say the president is i m concerned but my advisors say we ought to take another step or two. but if it goes south i m going ugly. the critical step in the next 24 hours his advisors saying you better chill out. will ripley the statement says the unprecedented step the north koreans are taking will give certain victory and courage to the korean people and help them witness what they call the wretched plight of the united states imperialist. but this specific athlete to the u.s., you have 160,000 plus u.s. citizens living in guam, get ready because these four ballistic missiles could be on the way. reporter: it is. and, you know, we should also point out that north korea has made personal attacks on u.s.