the nuclear program in iran? i don t talk about whether or not i would use military force. that s not appropriate to be talking about. but i can tell you this, they will not be doing nuclear wes, that i can tell you. okay? we ll handle it. bank on it. but to be fair on the issue of north korea despite the out about on taunts involving nuclear war with the warnings of fire and fury and suicide missions we have just witnessed something historic, diplomatic developments with kim jong-un as he gears up for that high stakes meeting with president trump. kim met with south korea s president and vowed complete denuclearization. and he also vowed a formal end to the korean war which still technically hasn t clkded in the 65 years since hostilities ceased. and today kim jong-un became the first north korean leader to ever set foot in south korea. it is a small step in the hopes of giant leaps.
analogy too hard because i wrote about a book about it but i think it is relevant because the best and the brightest in the 1960s had this notion of graduated use of american airpower and increments to achieve our desired instate. obviously it spiralled out of control. i think there is a great chance it could spiral out of control when you are talking about a country that has artillery tubes positions in sight of seoul, nuclear wes. it could get ugly fast. let s theic with deterrence and ramp ratcheting up the sanctions and turning up the pressure but let s not start a war that nobody needs. you have to know about your past in order to avoid the same mistakes in the future. your book plugs are not inaccurate nor are they wrong. and welcome to my publisher. can you plug your book. my publisher is going to be contacting me now. let s talk about the south koreans and the north koreans meeting for the first time in
dissolution of the soviet union and the unique opportunity that america had to shape the world in a constructive fashion that we have failed to take advantage of that opportunity. and now we re beginning to see the cumulative costs of that failure. and starting wars in the middle east was not the solution ten years ago. it s not a solution two or three hence. steve rattner s here with a question. dr. brzezinski, taking that point we don t want to start more wars in the middle east. every one of our leaders seems committed to the idea of iran not getting nuclear wes. how can we achieve that short of some kind of military intervention of one kind or another? well, i tried to address that in my book, and it seems to me, first of all, we have to be more judicious about what we say regarding the iranian nuclear program. the correction recently issued to secretary panetta s statements on the subject is a very good guide. we have some indications that they are very serious about acquiri
extremes. the new york times this morning talking about his extreme vision of a doomsday scenario involving nuclear wes weapons that experts say isn t really going to happen. newt is an extremist, but as george will said, he would ve made a marvelous marxist. exactly! he believes everything is interconnected why do you think he won the debate? again, it goes back. you and i are saying the same thing. i mean i doubt it. everything mika, he s so vulnerable for these reasons. he s so vulnerable. he s so out there. what he says is so preposterous that a skilled politician should be able to lance that pretty quickly and pretty easily. mitt romney couldn t do it. he s not doing it. well, what was interesting one of the things interesting on saturday night. by the way, barack obama s a pretty good debater. if he can t deal with newt gingrich, barack obama for all his faults
scandal directly, only saying there are no surprises when it comes to her and her record. as the only woman on that stage tonight at the debate, is she compelled or does she feel a need to address this subject head on tonight? a lot of people women, that is, expecting her to do so. well, certainly, well, thomas, first of all, thank you for having us on to talk about our campaign and our policies. in regard to the herman cain incident, let me make it clear that mr. cain has been nothing but respectful and professional to michele throughout the entire campaign. she s disturbed business his policies when it comes to pro-life, saying he is pro-life, but it s not the government s right to get in the middle of the woman and her right to choose and building a fence between the u.s. and mexico. and most recently not knowing that china has been developing nuclear wes for more than 40 years.