leader, spend much of that war in a bunker. north korea is bad for china s business which is basically to sell the united states and europe material goods. so, it s a much more risky proposition, in a war against the west, and it didn t work out well the first time. it seems unlikely they d want to do it again. are you suggesting we should be dismissive, not take seriously, not take at face value, these provocative statements that kim jong-un continues to make including that which i used to begin this conversation? no, i m not suggesting that at all. i m saying that we must prepare for the possibility of war. we must beef up spying. but at the same time, every effort should be made to try to find diplomatic connections at all level, publicly and privately. try to bring an end to the korean war. try to establish diplomatic
and that was in 1950 and it turned out very, very badly for north korea. the country was essentially eliminated and kim ill sung, the great leader, spent much of that war in a bunker. was bailed out by the chinese. now the chinese are much less willing to bail out north korea. north korea is bad for china s business which basically is to sell the united states and europe. material goods. so it s a much more risky proposition to go to war against the west and it didn t work out well the first time it seems unlikely they would want to do it again. are you suggesting we should be dismissive, not take seriously, not take at face value these provocative statements that kim jong un continues to make? including that which i used to begin this conversation? i m not suggesting that at all. i m saying that we, we must prepare for the possibility of
private conversations of members of congress, they had a responsibility to not read that material and return it. this amid new tensions with the regime. including a rocket launch near a military vessel and missile tests conducted in october that prompted 36 u.s. senators to write a letter to the president asking that sanctions not be lifted. the treasury department notified congress of 11 new sanctions on individuals and entities accused of helping the iranian regime. treasury foreign assets control office essentially said this these individuals were providing material goods for iran s ballistic missile program. doug? kevin corke from honolulu, thank you. european countries are on edge over fears of possible terrorist attacks. raids took place in turkey today and earlier this week a plot was foiled in belgium, and arrests made. officials there decided just today to cancel the new year s eve fireworks display in
to god and close to spirituality because of our humanity and not because of the accumulation of material goods. it s precisely that is that has traditionalists scared, because of his popularity and because of his uplifting message, the idea we d start to see actual doctrinal changes in pronouncements about the family, that he could pull it off. yeah, of course. he s going he s been getting unbelievable press, you know, in a way like pope francis can say things that you know, might make your skin crawl if benedict said them. these are changes that need to happen. that is why he s popular because the american catholics, catholics across the globe say, well, why are we so so tough on people who are trying to get catholics who are trying to get divorced who may be in relationships that are completely inappropriate where a woman is being beaten up and she can t get an annulment?
that are destroying humanity and having the worst impact on people who are the most poor from bangladesh to mexico and to the wildfires in california. and across this globe. so i think that those are all very, very positive changes, but i think that it s not that he s not popular because he is critical. it s he s popular because he s uplifting. and because he s positive and because he s telling us we can all work together. and that we all have a role to play and it s a very, very positive message of getting, you know, going to god, being close to god and close to spirituality because of our humanity and not because of the accumulation of material goods.