Jim Bakker Show - The North Korean Threat - Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis on The Jim Bakker Show
Aired: 2017-05-04
Duration: 03:49


=== Ballistic Threats Tested (02:50) ===

[00:00:00]  Lieutenant Colonel Robert McGuinness sent us a message regarding the development situation in North Korea.
[00:00:06]  May I play the B-roll for you?
[00:00:09]  Watch this.
[00:00:11]  Pastor Baker, it's good to be with you today.
[00:00:13]  Thanks for the opportunity to address the issue of North Korea and the threat that it poses to the United States and to the region.
[00:00:22]  Clearly, the United States is taking this threat very seriously.
[00:00:26]  We've put what we call the FAD anti-ballistic missile system there in South Korea along with the Patriots.
[00:00:35]  We've sent the USS Vinson into the area and also the USS Kennedy is close by with good reason.
[00:00:43]  North Koreans have tested nuclear devices five times.
[00:00:49]  They've tested ballistic missiles that can range the United States and the entire region many times here recently.
[00:00:57]  They've even shown us the capability of a solid fuel ballistic missile, which is important because that means they can take it anywhere in their country and at a moment's notice launch it.
[00:01:10]  And it's with good reason that recently Vice President Pence and Secretary Tillerson were in the region and made very clear statements.
[00:01:20]  They said the military options on the table.
[00:01:23]  I will tell you, 10 years ago, almost to the day, I was on Fox News and I said this problem may require a military solution.
[00:01:36]  We cannot wait much longer before it becomes very serious.
[00:01:40]  Now, I was lambasted, criticized, and yet here today we're hearing that the administration is rightly considering military options.
[00:01:49]  Now, you've heard speculation that we've used cyber against the recent failed launch attempt by the North Koreans.
[00:01:57]  Certainly we have that capability, I do believe.
[00:02:00]  We have the capability of taking some of our Aegis cruisers, which are off the coast, and downing some of those ballistic missiles.
[00:02:09]  But ultimately, the problem, I think, comes down to persuading Kim Jong-un, the third generation of dictators there, whether or not his regime can survive if, in fact, he gives up his nuclear weapons and what price must be paid.
[00:02:27]  We paid a lot of prices over the years, but yet he still retains a capability and continues to improve upon it.

=== Navigating North Korea's Mind (01:13) ===

[00:02:35]  I think the concern is, and rightly so, that he looks at what happened years ago with Omar Qaddafi in Libya.
[00:02:43]  And in that situation, we said, give up your weapons and we'll take care of you.
[00:02:48]  Well, he gave up his weapons.
[00:02:51]  And during the Arab Spring, the radicals took care of him.
[00:02:55]  And we didn't do anything to assist him to survive.
[00:02:59]  How do you resolve the situation with North Korea?
[00:03:03]  Not easy.
[00:03:04]  The Chinese are cooperating a little more, but ultimately, we've got to get inside that man's head.
[00:03:11]  And some people arguably and perhaps rightly indicate he's a crazy man.
[00:03:17]  Don't know.
[00:03:18]  But I think he's crazy like a fox.
[00:03:21]  And so we have to figure out how to persuade him not to continue to proliferate weapons, not to be such a tyrant that he kills his own people and at the same time not threaten his neighbors.
[00:03:37]  We'll have to wait and see whether this ends peacefully.
[00:03:42]  It has the potential of blowing up not only in that region but elsewhere.
[00:03:46]  So thanks for the opportunity of addressing a key issue.