another. it will have a tremendous impact on north korea. china really supplies 90% of north korea s energy. financial lifeline to the outside world. they haven t applied pressure in the past because they are worried the regime will collapse. maybe their attitude is changing. jeanine: if indeed kim jong un does make a decision to try to do something, i mean, i believe the president when he says you are covered. we got your back. with our military, the sophisticated technology to prevent that kind of thing from happening if he were to try to attack with an icbm. correct? let s be honest, our missile defenses are not what they are after eight years of barack obama slashing the bush administration s missile defense plan. we don t have layered missile defense systems. we don t have the sort of capabilities that were envisioned where we could try to take out missiles in the boost phase and midcourse, the
on north korea. china really supplies 90% of north korea se energy. financial lifeline to the outside world. they haven t applied pressureidn the past, because they are worried the regime will collapse. maybe their attitude is changing? jeanine: if indeed kim jong un does make a decision to try to do something, i mean, i believe the president when he says, you are covered. we got your back. the present will be able to come up with our military and the sophisticated technology that we have to prevent that kind of thing from happening ifif you we to try to attack with an icbm. correct? let s be honest, our missile defenses are not what they are after eight years of barack obama slashing the bush administration s missile defense plan. we don t have what are called layered missile defense systems. we don t have the sort of capabilities that were envisioned where we could try to take out missiles in the boost phase and midcourse, the
phase and midcourse, the terminal phase. there s no doubt that if north korea landed on guam or god for bid on the continental united states that we would do what the president said and destroyed north korea. colin powell used to call that turning north korea into a charcoal bearcat. it s whether we strike first to prevent that kind of tragedy from happening and that decision is still up in the air. jeanine: clearly is preemptive but is it preemptive based on the fact that we were about to be hit? that clearly is the issue but one more question. you mentioned the electric grid.
terminal phase. there s no doubt that if north korean missile landed on guam or god forbid on the continental united states that we would do what the president said and destroyed north korea. colin powell used to call that turning north korea into air charcoal briquette. it s whether we strike first to prevent that kind of tragedy from happening and that decision is still up in the air. jeanine: clearly isio preemptive, but is it preemptive based on the fact that we were about to be hit? that clearly is the issue but one more question. you mentioned the electric grid. if they were to put an emp or some kind of nuclear device in the southern hemisphere, we are vulnerable. look, let s be clear. this is an act of war. the fact that it takes out electrical grids or communication systems it may not kill people immediately but it is still an act of war because the knock on effectt
another. it will have a tremendous impact on north korea. china really supplies 90% of north korea s energy. financial lifeline to the outside world. they haven t applied pressure in the past because they are worried the regime will collapse. maybe their attitude is changing. jeanine: if indeed kim jong un does make a decision to try to do something, i mean, i believe the president when he says you are covered. we got your back. with our military, the sophisticated technology to prevent that kind of thing from happening if he were to try to attack with an icbm. correct? let s be honest, our missile defenses are not what they are after eight years of barack obama slashing the bush administration s missile defense plan. we don t have layered missile defense systems. we don t have the sort of capabilities that were envisioned where we could try to take out missiles in the boost