you d actually expect all the candidates to be pretty aggressively hawkish on russia, particularly after russia had just invaded one of their neighbors. but it was interesting. in that senate primary, that republican senate primary in 2014, this one primary candidate, the local talk radio host, he really went the other way. he called himself a former pentagon expert on russia and he told radio iowa that, quote, pushing the russians out of crimea is not a realistic option. he said, quote, i think a lot of people, i m not sure they understand the history of russia. you go back, you know, 1,500 years to the foundation of the russian empire. it actually started in ukraine and was evolved out of that. this whole issue is about as russian as it gets, meaning russia should be allowed to take parts of ukraine. that s russia s business, not anybody else s. and this candidate apparently felt pretty passionately about it. he went on in some detail,
communities both in the united states and in the region have debated what the missile capabilities have been, whether or not they could create an intercontinental capability. and you re right, the last link in that is the last entry of the vehicle, the ability to bring the missile down on to a target. the second part is, have they minute tourized a nuclear device. still some debate on that. if they are quickening that pace, we are reaching that closing window of opportunity to try to prevent their capability to threaten the united states directly. that is game-changing. that also, andrea, explains why the administration has been so urgent, why they claim the era of strategic patience has to be over, and why they have been trying to put more pressure on china to affect the calculus in pyongyang. evelyn, you re a pentagon expert. what are the military options what so much of this is buried underground? how do you target for a preemptive strike? i don t think there are good military o
whoever leaked classified information has broken the law and should pay a price for it. so this is why you have investigations. and she was from her perspective, i m sure, very forthright. and i can tell you as you played clips there, that sean hannity, mark levin, and rush limbaugh have been very tough on her in the conservative media. they believe that this is some degree of a smoking gun. this is why you have an investigation. and i think, you know, go to it. let s find out what is the story. what is going on here. but, what is surprising or controversial about a former pentagon expert on russia saying that there were people in the outgoing administration concerned the incoming administration, you know, allies of which are under federal investigation for possibly colluding with russia, would try to bury relevant intelligence? i mean, doesn t that actually make sense? and by the way, she s not in the government anymore. what s controversial what s controversial is that whatev
hearing me mention her name last night on your show. she i thought it was only fair to let her get it out there, as i did with carter page at the american spectator in her own words. she believes she s been wildly misinterpreted. that the videos were, you know, cut and pasted in essence to make her say something that she didn t say. now, i and i said directly to her that my view was that whoever leaked classified information has broken the law and should pay a price for it. so this is why you have investigations. and she was from her perspective, i m sure, very forthright. and i can tell you as you played clips there, that sean hannity, mark levin, and rush limbaugh have been very tough on her in the conservative media. they believe that this is some degree of a smoking gun. this is why you have an investigation. and i think, you know, go to it. let s find out what is the story. what is going on here. but, what is surprising or controversial about a former pentagon expert on
primary in a state like iowa, you d actually expect all the candidates to be pretty aggressively hawkish on russia, particularly after russia had just invaded one of their neighbors. but it was interesting. in that senate primary, that republican senate primary in 2014, this one primary candidate, the local talk radio host, he really went the other way. he called himself a former pentagon expert on russia and he told radio iowa that, quote, pushing the russians out of crimea is not a realistic option. he said, quote, i think a lot of people, i m not sure they understand the history of russia. you go back, you know, 1,500 years to the foundation of the russian empire. it actually started in ukraine and was evolved out of that. this whole issue is about as russian as it gets, meaning russia should be allowed to take parts of ukraine. that s russia s business, not anybody else s. and this candidate apparently felt pretty passionately about