have great intelligence in surveillance over all of syria. they are operating in an area right now that s in the lower valley. the area where this attack was over this weekend, this tragic chemicals weapon attack is down closer to the the mdamascus. it s where the u.s. military does not operate. stand by. the president is speaking. he s a great gentleman. he s very popular in his country. we re working on unity if that part of the middle east. i think it s working out well. there s a lot of good things happening.
answer to this question, i am actually hoping to scare people out of the normalization of this as a topic because this has come down to a game. i fear people are losing sight of the armaments and the outcome here. let s say the north, god forbid, launched a conventional weapon attack on seseoul, south korea. what would the death toll be, god forbid, between that moment and the first u.s. ordnance arriving on target or south korean ordnance arriving on target to attack where they launched the attack? you know, in the short run, brian, there s no question, 25 million people in this giant megalopolis of seoul would be under conventional artillery fire from the north within a matter of hours. the longer run, i tell people this, six months to a year, south korean, u.s. armed forces would easily destroy the north
general mccaffrey, with your answer to this question, i am actually hoping to scare people out of the normalization of this as a topic because this has come down to a game. i fear people are losing sight of the armaments and the outcome here. let s say the north, god forbid, launched a conventional weapon attack on seseoul, south korea. what would the death toll be, god forbid, between that moment and the first u.s. ordnance arriving on target or south korean ordnance arriving on target to attack where they launched the attack? you know, in the short run, brian, there s no question, 25 million people in this giant megalopolis of seoul would be under conventional ar titillery fire from the north within a matter of hours. the long er run, i tell people
according to trump doutard and o on. so now kim has taken this very personal am. he has to react so i m afraid that he has to continue with the provocations and probably an intercontinental ballistic missile test, another one forth domg because as the general said kim jong-un cannot afford to look weak. he cannot afford to look like he s caving under trump s pressure. so i m afraid that trump s rhetoric, they said rhetoric has been counterproductive in trying to decrease tension. general mccaffrey, with your answer to this question i am actually hoping to scare people out of the normalization of this as a topic because this has come down to a gate and i fear people are losing sight of the armaments and the outcome here. let s say the north, god forbid, launched a conventional weapon attack on seoul, south korea,
and we want to represent that overseas is what he was speaking in those remarks to student interns. it was revealing about what he thinks the u.s. is and what it should represent to countries around the world. i thought it was interesting to see him say he wants at least one minority candidate to be part of all these openings they re looking to fill. including ambassadors. elise, thank you. american officials with news today out of cuba, remember that mysterious sonic weapon attack there? the number injured may be growing. more people were attacked than initially thought. it s believed a high-tech weapon was used to blast sounds that human ears can t pick up, but are capable of medical problems. what are the details you ve learned, patrick?