producing more fissile material. they re weaponizing their fissile material. they launched some short ranger ballistic missiles. they re not stopping. a personal letter or call between trump and kim could reenergize the relationship. i think chairman kim would like to make a deal and i d like to make a deal with him. i look forward to seeing him at the appropriate time. analysts are worried all of this tension and the rhetoric from north korea that seems to get more harsh with each new message from pyongyang, that it all comes with ominous timing. north korea has given the trump team an ultimatum to change its calculations by the end of this year. trump is facing re-election campaigns and can t be seen as backing down. if they don t figure out how to get pack to the table, that could play against the backdrop of serious military attention. but kim jong-un has to be worried, i suppose, has to be
i think that s exactly right. and that s why it is so difficult because we could win the battle today and lose the war tomorrow. and that s why we do need a policy and a strategy and i think the least some of its components are going to be set up enclaves to have the sunnies not feel threatened by the she a, by the iranians because if they do, they will look for any champion, including a champion like isis. we haven t mentioned al qaeda. al qaeda is very strong. it hasn t gotten media attention. it hasn t gotten military attention. there are various al qaeda affiliates also looking to take advantage of the situation. assad and he is supported most of his ventricle tha vecta forco move toward the iraqi border. we have all of these problems. i have to think that secretary mattis and national security advisor mcmaster needs to be thinking about this very hard and saying how do we at least frustrate the ambitions of iran and of russia and of
i think that s exactly right. and that s why it is so difficult because we could win the battle today and lose the war tomorrow. and that s why we do need a policy and a strategy and i think the least some of its components are going to be set up enclaves to have the sunnies not feel threatened by the she a, by the iranians because if they do, they will look for any champion, including a champion like isis. we haven t mentioned al qaeda. al qaeda is very strong. it hasn t gotten media attention. it hasn t gotten military attention. there are various al qaeda affiliates also looking to take advantage of the situation. assad and he is supported most of his ventricle tha vecta forco move toward the iraqi border. we have all of these problems. i have to think that secretary mattis and national security advisor mcmaster needs to be thinking about this very hard and saying how do we at least frustrate the ambitions of
groups or jihad di groups, colluding isis together. and to keep them from fighting each other to turn their attention to fighting against isis. so that s kind of the first step in this but you have to get the political objectives between the united states, russia, iran, saudi arabia, turkey all to be congruent so you can then focus the military attention on isis and so that when you do drive them out or underground you have a replacement governing body to go into that territory and reestablish law and order. otherwise it s the familiar sort of whack a hole. people disappear into families, you don t know who they are, you get shot at, there s improvised explosive devices and we ve all been there and we don t want to repeat that. general wesley clark, we certainly appreciate your time and insight. thank you so much for being with us. thank you, brianna. coming up, the isis terrorist who s at the top of he may have given orders that
terms of difficulty of an operation like this. really everything has destroyed here. there s very little now to work with. demolition not really a constructions job here. they have to go in and clear vast amounts of the town to get rid of dead bodies, remove initial health risk. this airport is getting a lot of military attention perhaps because the media are standing here. all we ve seen all day is dozens of people simply trying to leave. there s nothing left for them in that town at all. that s what this part of the world has to deal with. what do you do with the people who used to live here right now, what can you provide them where they used to live. of course, the problem they do have with the recovery efforts, it s pretty easy to criticize. but the first responders who usually deal with these type of typhoons are the victims here. they have warehouses filled with goods they usually use with typhoons based around here. they re gone. they re destroyed. they re basically startin