AGENDA.
>> Julie: GREG PALKOT,
THANK YOU.
LET'S BRING IN LIEUTENANT JAMES
CARAFANO, WITH THE HERITAGE
FOUNDATION, THE VICE PRESIDENT
FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY
FOREIGN POLICY THERE.
THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US.
DID NORTH KOREA BACKED DOWN FROM
A THREAT?
AND WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE
WHOLE "CHRISTMAS GIFT?"
>> WE DON'T KNOW.
IT IS ALWAYS A MISTAKE TO GUESS
WHAT THE NORTH KOREANS ARE
THINKING OR WHAT THEY MIGHT DO.
BECAUSE IT IS JUST AN OPAQUE
REGIME, WE ARE NOT GOOD AT THAT.
BUT HERE'S WHAT THE
ADMINISTRATION DID RIGHT, THEY
SENT STEVE BACON WHO IS THE
SECRETARY OF STATE OVER TO ASIA,
AND WHAT HE SAID WAS VERY CRUDE,
LOOK, IF YOU RESUME LONG-RANGE
TESTING, SOME REALLY PROVOCATIVE
ACT LIKE THAT, HERE'S WHAT WE
WILL DO.
ESSENTIALLY WE WOULD DOUBLE DOWN
ON THE SANCTIONS THAT ARE
ALREADY THERE.
AND NORTH KOREA WOULD BE WORSE
OFF THAN WHEN THEY STARTED.
SO HE SAID A VERY STERN MESSAGE.
GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND TALK,
BECAUSE YOU WILL GAIN NOTHING
FROM MOBILITY.
THAT WAS EXACTLY RIGHT.
>> Julie: SORRY, GO AHEAD.
>> WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IMPACT IT
HAD ON THE KOREANS, BECAUSE WE
DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
NORTH KOREANS ARE GOING TO DO.
BUT THE U.S. DID THE RIGHT
THING.
>> Julie: THE U.S., NEED I
REMIND EVERYONE, HAS 400 NUKE
MISSILES IN SILAS, WYOMING GOOD
MONTANA, NORTH DAKOTA, THEY HAVE
BOMBERS AND MISSILES COVERING AS
WELL.
THREE METHODS TO LAUNCH NUCLEAR
WEAPONS IN THE LIST GOES ON.
NORTH KOREA KNOWS THIS, SO WHEN
THEY MAKE THESE THREATS THAT
SEEM TO BE MORE TALK THAN
ACTION.
ONE HAS TO WONDER, WHAT KIND OF
MESSAGE IS KIM JONG UN
TRYING TO SEND TO
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHOM HE HAS
HAD THESE FRIENDLY ENCOUNTERS
WITH?
>> WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, AND THIS
GOES WAY BACK BEFORE IMPEACHMEN
IMPEACHMENT, THE NORTH KOREANS
REALLY CONTINUE TO TEST TO THE
U.S., TO SEE IF THE U.S. IS
SERIOUS ABOUT A NEGOTIATING
POSITION.
THE POSITION IS, LOOK, WE HAVE
TO HAVE A WHOLE DEAL ON THE
TABLE.
SO IT HAS TO END WITH
DENUCLEARIZATION, AND THE
NORMALIZATION OF NORTH KOREA.
WE MAY DO IT IN PHASES, BUT YOU
HAVE TO PUT THE WHOLE DEAL ON
THERE.
THE NORTH KOREANS HAVE PUSHED
BACK REALLY FOR OVER A YEAR TO
THINK, IS THAT REALLY SERIOUS?
WELL, IT IS JUST BOLD AND, WHEN
HE IS GONE, THE AMERICANS WILL
BE OKAY.
AND THEN THEY THOUGHT, WELL,
MAYBE TRUMP IS WORRIED ABOUT
GETTING REELECTED, AND THAT DID
NOT HAPPEN.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO
THINK ABOUT IT AS MAYBE
NORTH KOREA WOULD DO A DEAL WITH
TRUMP, BUT THEY WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT HE GETS REELECTED
FIRST.
>> Julie: MEANWHILE, CHINA, I
HAVE TO TALK CHINA, IRAN, AND
RUSSIA WITH YOU.
THEY ARE HOLDING A NAVAL DRILL
IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
AND THIS MOVE WAS EXPECTING TO
BE IN COOPERATION BETWEEN THE
NATIONS.
IT COMES AT A TIME OF HEIGHTENED
TENSION BETWEEN TORONTO AND THE
UNITED STATES, SO MY QUESTION
IS, SHOULD THE UNITED STATES BE
WORRIED?
>> NOT REALLY, THOSE THREE
NAVIES DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO DO ANYTHING SERIOUS TOGETHER.
IT IS JUST MORE --
>> Julie: SHOULD THE U.S.
RESPOND?
>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
IT IS NOT SIGNIFICANT.
THERE ARE ALLIES OF A KIND, BUT
THEY CANNOT DO MUCH TO HELP EACH
OTHER.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE PROBLEM
WITH THE COUNTRIES.
THEIR INTERESTS ARE DIFFERENT,
THEIR CAPABILITIES ARE
DIFFERENT, AND THEY CANNOT GANG
