The U.S. has moved to further bolster its presence in the Middle East, with defense secretary Lloyd Austin redirecting the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike group and activating a THAAD battery and Patriot battalion in the wake of Iran’s behavior.
some global security experts are not convinced. even trump s former chief strategist steve bannon says forget about it, no feasible military option does exist. let s discuss with republican congressman franks of arizona, he s the chair of missile defense caucus and a member of the armed services committee. congressman, we thank you so much for joining us. i want to talk about sop of the difficulties in weighing out a military option against north korea. here s a map of that peninsula. 10 million people live in seoul. that s just 35 miles away from the border. if the united states does launch any kind of preventive military strike on north korea, is there really anything stopping kim jong un from dropping a nuclear bomb on seoul very quickly killing hundreds of thousands of people? not to mention thousands of american service members? well, boris, as you know, we have placed our thaad battery there, which is a terminal phase
well orchestrated demonstration this week. we re hearing from state media saying that president trump is i m quoting here, a guy bereft of reason. they go on to say his strong comments we ve been hearing the last couple of days are a load of nonsense. however, the regional neighbors of north korea are taking this very seriously. japan says any fly over of missiles would be a national emergency. south korea s response would be stern and strong. guam, officials there say they aren t worried. there are u.s. anti-missile defense ships off of the coast, there is also that thaad anti-missile land-based system. people are concerned. bill: thank you. greg palkot in london. in a moment robert natter is our guest to join us to talk about the showdown with north korea. stay tuned for that coming up. shannon: more on all of this we go to editor and chief of the weekly standard and fox news contributor, steve hayes.
regime details its plan to launch multiple missiles at guam within weeks. gorka said it would be foolish to get into a military confrontation with the u.s. we re a hyper power. world history has never seen a nation as powerful as our great nation. therefore, north korea needs to understand the blackmail stops and if you get into an arms race as secretary mattis says with the united states of america, you will lose, whoever you are. shannon: joining me now republican congressman trent franks chair of the missile defense council. within weeks they say they have a plan to envelope a ring of fire around guam. what are our capabilities with regard to that threat? we have a thaad battery at