Congressman Adam Kinzinger, A War Vet, Says Human Cost Would Be Massive | Morning Joe

>>> WELL, ACTUALLY PERHAPS RIGHT.
THE DANGEROUS WAR OF WORDS CONTINUES WITH THE PRESIDENT
TWEETING MILITARY SOLUTIONS ARE NOW FULLY IN PLACE LOCKED AND
LOADED SHOULD NORTH KOREA ACT UNWISELY.
HOPEFULLY KIM JONG UN SHOULD FIND ANOTHER PATH.
NORTH KOREA THREATENED TO REDUCE THE MAINLAND INTO A FIELD OF
NUCLEAR WAR. AT THE SLIGHTEST SIGN OF A
PREEMPTIVE STRIKE. ZBLI WOULD NOT HAVE DONE WHAT HE
DID IN TERMS OF THOSE EXACT WORDS.
I THINK INSKREESED RHETORIC GOT US A BASICALLY NUCLEAR NORTH
KOREA. WHERE MY ISSUE IS RIGHT NOW,
THIS IS A SERIOUS MOMENT. I WAS IN AN EVENT YESTERDAY.
I WAS TALKING TO A COUPLE THAT CANCELLED THEIR TRIP TO HAWAII
BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THEY WILL GET NUKED BY NORTH KOREA.
THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE THE PRESIDENT NEEDS TO BE VERY
SERIOUS TO OUTWEIGH THE ISSUE THAT'S GOING ON WITH INNORTH
KOREA. I WOULD SAY LOOK, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO LOSE SLEEP AT NIGHT BECAUSE WE CAN DEFEND OURSELVES AGAINST
THIS. THE PROBE PROBLEM IS WHERE WE CE
IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR. THE PROCESS OR THE PAST IN
ACTING LIKE THE CHINESE ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE WORDS I DON'T TAKE HUGE ISSUE WITH, ALTHOUGH I WOULDN'T
HAVE USED FIRE AND FIERY AND THINGS LIKE THIS, INSTEAD OF
GOING AFTER McCONNELL STICK TO THIS ONE MESSAGE AND UNITE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> AND WE HAVE HAD THREE
PRESIDENTS, THREE ADMINISTRATIONS THAT HAVE DONE
VERY LITTLE TO STOP US FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
THIS CERTAINLY ISN'T A PROBLEM THAT WE CAN LAY AT THE FEET OF
DONALD TRUMP. BARACK OBAMA FAMOUSLY SAID THIS
IS GOING TO BE THE BIG ISSUE YOU'LL BE WORRIED ABOUT THE
MOST. AT THE SAME TIME THE
INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC IS NOT HELPFUL.
I'M WONDERING, WHAT DO YOU SAY TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS WHEN THEY
ASK YOU WHAT THE BEST WAY FOR IT IS IN NORTH KOREA?
>> I SAY WE HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THREE THINGS.
WE HAVE TO STEP UP PRESSURE AGAINST CHINA.
WE HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR CALCULUS THAT HAVE BEEN A BUFFER STATE ON
THEIR BORDER IS MORE OF AN ANCHOR THAN GOING AFTER NORTH
KOREA, ACTUALLY PUTTING PRESSURE ON THEM.
WE HAVE TO BOOST OUR MISSILE DEFENSE.
SHORT AND MEDIUM RANGE IS PRETTY
GOOD. THIRD IS WE HAVE TO HAVE A
CREDIBLE MEL TEAR OPTION. IT STINGS TO HEAR IT.
WE KNOW THAT A MILITARY OPTION WOULD LEAD TO A LOT OF
BLOODSHED. WHEN YOU A LOT OF WE WOULD PUT
THEM ON AND IT GETS TO A POINT WHERE YOU ALMOST HAVE TO ASSUME
THEY ARE NUCLEAR. I THINK STRONG PREPARATION FOR
THOSE THREE FRONTS CAN MAKE WAR LESS LIKELY.
WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT IT IS THE DOOMSDAY SCENARIO WE CAN'T
ALLOW TO HAPPEN. >> WHAT WOULD THE HUMAN COST BE
OF A WAR WITH NORTH KOREA? >> IT WOULD BE MASSIVE.
WE ARE MORE UP UNTIL THE LAST 25 YEARS HAVE HAD IT AND WHAT
TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING IS HUMAN TOLLS.
WAR IS SOMETHING THEY ALWAYS HAVE TO AVOID IS COMPARED TO
WHAT PEOPLE THINK GOING IN. WHAT'S MORE HORRIFIC IS NORTH
KOREA WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON. IT IS WHERE YOU COULD HAVE THE
NORTH KOREANS SELLING IT TO OTHER ENEMIES.
SO THE ATTACK IN THE UNITED STATES DOESN'T COME TO THE WEST
COAST. PERHAPS IT COMES SOMEWHERE ELSE
THERE. NORTH KOREA IS REALLY LIKE A
51st STATE. IT IS IS ALSO FOCUSED ON SHOWING
THE CHINESE WE ARE SERIOUS AND A WAR WOULD MASSIVELY BE AGAINST
THEIR INTEREST. WE ARE TRY TO GO CHANGE THAT
CALCULUS. THEY HAVE MILLIONS OF TROOPS.
THEY CAN SHUT DOWN THE BORDER. SAY YOU'RE NOT GETTING ONE MORE
GOOD THROUGH OUR BORDER. THE HUMAN TRAGEDY BUT NORTH
KOREA IS A HUMAN TRAGEDY. THIS MIGHT COMPEL AND TAKE AWAY
THE FINANCIAL STABILITY TO BUILD THEIR WEAPONS.
>> IT IS A HUMAN TRAGEDY RIGHT

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