RUSH: Let\u2019s dissect some of this North Korea stuff, because the main thing here is it isn\u2019t new. The North Koreans and their nuclear desires is an old story. For those of you who are Gen X, you might remember the nineties. For those of you who are Millennials, you won\u2019t, and you\u2019re just gonna have to trust me that throughout the nineties, the Clinton administration — 1993 all the way to 2000 — North Korea was, off and on, a top-tier story and precisely about their nuclear ambitions and desires.<\/p>\n
Throughout that period, throughout two terms of the Clinton administration there were negotiations both unilateral and bilateral — meaning just us with the Norks and with others at the table — designed to persuade them it wouldn\u2019t be a good idea to nuke up and that they should stop launching these little piddly-wink missiles that they\u2019ve got and behave. And they told us, “Okay! We\u2019ll do that if you\u2019ll help us build up our power grid.<\/p>\n
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“We would like to use nuclear for our power grid.” So Clinton said (impression), “Hey, you know, I got no kind of problem with that whatsoever. I\u2019ll send Bill Richardson over there, Madeleine Albright, and we\u2019ll fix you right up. But the underground promise is you\u2019re not gonna go nuke weapon on us.” “Oh, no, Mr. Clinton! Oh, no, no! We in North Korea, we never break promises. We\u2019ll never, never go nuclear weapon on you. We will always do nuclear power.”<\/p>\n
(impression) “Then you\u2019re right in there, Mr. Kim! No problem whatsoever.” And they made mincemeat of us, they nuked up, and that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing now. And all during that period, folks, the media was praising the Clinton administration for having the guts, courage, brilliance, just like awesome diplomatic talent and skills, and we were having rings run around us. A 1994 headline: “Clinton Says His Deal with North Korea Would Make the World Safer.” August 8, 2017: “Former President Bill Clinton thought he saved the world from a nuclear North Korea more than two decades ago, but he was wrong.<\/p>\n
“In the early 1990s, Clinton faced a growing nuclear threat from North Korea, but he ultimately chose diplomacy and deals over the application of military force. ‘I was determined to prevent North Korea from developing a nuclear arsenal, even at the risk of war,\u2019 Clinton wrote in his memoirs. He decided to change course after receiving ‘a sobering estimate of the staggering losses both sides would suffer if war broke out.'”<\/p>\n
So we\u2019re…? I\u2019m sorry; I\u2019m not this dumb. We\u2019re sitting here and we\u2019re asked to believe that Clinton is actually pondering a military reaction and then somebody says, “Mr. President, the fallout would simply be too great,” and Clinton says (impression), “Hey, you know what? I hadn\u2019t thought about that. I had not thought a thing about the fallout from nuclear warfare. You know what? You\u2019re right. We\u2019re gonna go back.” You\u2019re telling me Bill Clinton had to be reminded of the fallout potential?<\/p>\n
I mean, that\u2019s how this reads. “Clinton wrote in his memoirs … [h]e decided to change course [on military action] after receiving ‘a sobering estimate of the staggering losses both sides would suffer if war broke out.'” Come on, folks! The whole concept of nuclear fallout is not new. It\u2019s not something Clinton wouldn\u2019t have factored. Nobody was that ignorant back then. It\u2019s just a wonderful way to write that my instincts… (impression) “My instincts were to man up and take it to these people, load up and start pulling the trigger.<\/p>\n
“But then I was reminded of the staggering losses, and I had to retrench. I had to realize pulling the trigger, manning up was not the way to go,” and so that\u2019s the way they went. At the time, all the way back in 1994, Bill Clinton… In fact, you know what I want to do? I want to find something here. Hang with me folks as I run through the stacks. Here it is. Here is Bill Clinton in October of 1994. Ready? “This is a good deal for the United States,” he said at the time.<\/p>\n
“North Korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear program. South Korea and our other allies will be better protected. The entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons.” That\u2019s 1994. “This is a good deal for the United States. North Korea will freeze and dismantle its nuclear program…” I don\u2019t think that happened, did it? Can I share with you Barack Obama\u2019s statement after the Iranian nuke deal, April 2, 2015.<\/p>\n
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“It\u2019s a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives, including strict limitations on Iran\u2019s program and cutting off every pathway that Iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon.” Now let me repeat these. Bill Clinton, 1994, about North Korea: “It\u2019s a good deal for us. North Korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear program. South Korea and our other allies will be better protected.” Obama two years ago: “It\u2019s a good deal.”<\/p>\n
Clinton says, “This is a good deal.” Obama says, “It\u2019s a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives, including limitations on Iran\u2019s program and cuttings off every pathway that Iran could take to developer a nuclear weapon.” Clinton says the same thing about the Norks in 1994 as Obama said two years ago about the Iranians. Using intelligence guided by experience, how long\u2019s it gonna be before we\u2019re in the same set of circumstances that we are today except the country involved is gonna be Iran?<\/p>\n
The Washington Post is gonna have this breathtaking story, “We\u2019ve just discovered 60 miniaturized nuclear warheads that will fit inside the Iranian nuclear power plant and its missiles,” and everybody\u2019s gonna freak out. “Oh, my God! Oh, my God! They said they were just gonna build a power plant,” and we\u2019re gonna be right here where we are all over again in another 10 years down the road.<\/p>\n
And what are the common denominators? Well, one of the common denominators is the Democrat Party. Another common denominator: Liberalism. Another demon denominator: Liberals\u2019 belief that military action is never a solution to anything. What else is common? The liberal belief that doctors, nurses, clean water, negotiations, diplomacy, and words can end hostilities. It never happens until hostilities have been so severe that one side surrenders in defeat.<\/p>\n
That hasn\u2019t happened here. It hasn\u2019t happened yet in Iran. And now the North Koreans are doing what? They\u2019re targeting Guam. I think we need to bring in Hank Johnson on this, Mr. Snerdley. Remember Hank Johnson? He\u2019s a Democrat, member of Congress from Georgia. And Hank Johnson was against the militarization of Guam.<\/p>\n
He was against the United States increasing its military presence because, said Hank Johnson, he was afraid that putting 8,000 additional troops on Guam would force Guam to tip over and capsize. Guam is an island. And Hank Johnson, well known Democrat, was afraid that that many military people would cause it to capsize and then sink, the island of Guam. I\u2019m not making it up.<\/p>\n