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. >> i think when we go back to june when the secretary of state was in hanoi and emphasize u.s. interest in the south china sea. this seemed to bother beijing and i think the other administration moves in asia, which continue moves that began under the second bush administration, have continued to do that. it reflects again as sort of the strategic level the post cold war search for a new balance on the part of the united states. part of that balance is the increasingly warm relationship with india as well as the post tsunami warming relationship with indonesia. again the world's largest islamic nation. >> right. taking a look at china's -- part of this opportunity -- the united states was handed this opportunity by a new assertiveness by beijing saying that south china sea belongs to us, getting into a scuffle with singapore and then most recently territorial waters dispute with japan that kind of blew up. china has advanced its interest across the region by keeping very, very quiet and low profile. what is driving the sudden assertiveness by beijing and how does that fit into

i read aout the hanoi hilton establishing a code to keep young prisoners alive who wanted to die. he would tap on the pipes at life and hold therapeutic sessions to keep them alive. john mccain saying he is the greatest man he had ever met in his life. i think is that what it has come to in this country? the man steps up there and says i do not know what i am doing here because he is uncomfortable on tv, because he has led a life and not learned the tricks we do in this culture, a man who has done something with his life. he is dumped on by the left in this country because he did not look good on tv. this room might be getting a little too hip for me. i never liked it when comedians would tell a joke you did not get and would act like you were the idiot. i just did not dig the joke. that is what it was like. i started to say, why are you being so mean to that guy? i stood up for him on an hbo special. it felt good. i just remember thinking at that point i am going to learn everything i can about these issues because i do not think anybody is telling me anything but their side. the

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the soviet party boss was in hanoi and alarmingly said, you had better settle with more troops, and ho chi minh response, let them send in more troops, the argument being that, let's go stumbling about in areas we know little of, and it will be counter productive, and going after the evildoers' following 9-11. we fall into the hands of our opponents by crashing into iraq. >> why did we go into iraq? >> we went into iraq because it seemed to be easy. we were thinking the notion that this could be solved within six weeks, six months or less, the notion that we could transform the middle east and the muslim world in general, the idea that everyone wants to be like us, all whole slew of illusions plus truly sloppy intelligence. >> aleutian #4 -- -- illusion #4 -- >> this is what separates it from me your hubris or wishful thinking. -- from mere wishful thinking. it imagines that one can accomplish enormous returns by sheer strength of will, high- tech and imaginary friends of allies, but the will look -- the willfulness that can easily be accomplished, that is exhibit a with iraq. >> you w

. >> have you been back either to san tay or hanoi or saigon since 1975? >> no, no. >> do you ever intend to go back? >> not intention, but desire and hope, yes, someday i will be back. >> are you an american citizen? >> not yet. >> are you going to become one? >> i'm thinking yes, maybe. >> why? >> i don't know. you know, my wife and my family, my son, they always pushed me to apply for american citizenship. you are old now. you are living here for 27 years. it is about time. so maybe, yeah. i think after 27 years, you know, if my mother country is vietnam, still vietnam, but my father country now is america. so to have dual identity is nothing wrong with that. >> let me read what you said in your book on page 332. you said, "if americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. alas, they have not learned enough yet. the true american feels that he is 100% welcome anywhere he goes. the way americans understand and treat other people is almost guarantees that the world will suffer more trouble. i say this not as an angry cr

the soviet premier party boss was in hanoi and alarmingly told ho chi minh, you better settle with the americans or they're going to send in more troops and the ho chi minh response was let them send in more troops. the argument being that let's play into his hands, let's go stumbling about in areas that we know little of and that will be counterproductive. ditto in going after the evil- doers following 9/11. why do we play into the hands of our opponents by crashing into iraq and thereby negating so many other possibilities? >> why did we go into iraq? >> we went into iraq because it seemed to be easy, because we were thinking magically. if there's any example of magical thinking, the notion that this could be solved within six weeks, six months or less, to quote both vice president cheney and secretary of defense rumsfeld, the notion that we could transform the middle east and the muslim world in general, that faith that everybody wants to be like us, a whole slew of illusions, plus really sloppy intelligence. >> illusion number four -- >> part of magical thinking, and this is what s

and they actually go to the extent of bringing in straw mats from hanoi, putting in cushions that people sit on in the houses, recreating the storm doors and testing what it's like when the explosion takes place when they're open, what it's like when they're closed, trying to find wood that is as close as possible to the kind of cypress and all the fir trees that the japanese used, getting stucco that is as close as possible from are the southwest, that's close as possible to japanese stucco. they are making workers' homes, ordinary people's homes. this isn't collateral damage. this is part of the deliberate targeting. so, you know, in doing this book a lot of -- there's been quite a bit of writing in europe about the air war in europe. none of this has anything to do with minimizing the atrocities of hitler or the holocaust. it's just the way war was conducted. and the numbers, you can never get the numbers, but the best numbers are of 400-600,000 civilians who were killed in the anglo-american air raids. i did mostly from american documents, i did the same kind of calculations for japa

you get to hanoi, an awful, sinking feeling hits your guts.rch on. jon: just in to the fox newsroom and just in to port, the splendor, the ordeal is over for the 45 passengers and crew. charlene is one of those who's just about to get off that ship. how's it been, charlene? >> well, it hasn't been too bad. it's been rough without bathroom facilities or anything, power, lights, what have you. but overall they accommodated us quite well. jon: not the kind of cruise you were expecting, though, huh? >> no. this was my first cruise, and -- jon: uh-oh. >> unfortunately, but i'll make another one. jon: it's my understanding that carnival is going to our you a replacement cruise. you'll take them up on that? >> yes, i will. i will. jon: what about the food? how's that been? >> well, the food, it wasn't bad. at least, you know, we had salad, cold cut sandwiches, cereal for breakfast. no hot food. but it, you know, it was something that at least they gave us something, you know, to eat. jon: yeah. >> wasn't a steak or ham and eggs or what have you, but

the way that he would not give in to the torture and the interrogation, they moved him to the famous hanoi hilton. at a place called alcatraz. it was where 11 p.o.w.'s were put because they were the most objectsitynant p.o.w.'s. leaders of the other p.o.w.'s and they were hard-nosed and had to be segregated and they called themselves the alcatraz gang. they were defiant and the north vietnamese called this man right here die hard. they tortured him, but they got no information from him. and during those seven years he was beaten, tortured, but he never broke down. so then they put him in solitary confinement for four years. in a cell three foot wide by nine foot. and he was there for four years. during that four years, all that was in that cell was a light bulk be that they kept on 24 hours a day -- bulb that they kept on 24 hours a day. during the nighttime they put him into leg irons and during that four years he never saw or talked to another american. while in the p.o.w. camp, he and the other p.o.w.'s communicated with each other with a code by tapping on the walls. and during that ti

secretary clinton made it clear in hanoi a few months ago that it matters, the territorial dispute issues, and are not issues that can be resolved by china. the u.s. has a strong interest in this region as well. the neighbors of china want to make sure that the seventh fleet remains there, that american troops/marines remain in okinawa, and especially with what is going on with japan and china. asserting that the south china sea is not china's lake is a demonstration that the united states is trying to exercise a strong military role in terms of countering china, but to demonstrate that the united states has strong interest there that other countries in the region have strong interest through our presence in the region to underscore those interests. but the other point is economic. if we will grow -- we heard the panel yesterday talk about weak growth in this country. if we will grow this economy and create jobs, one of the major ways of doing it is to demonstrate that we can work with these other countries to expand markets in the asian region. that is an important part of recovery now a

he was the top officer in the ha noy hilton in vote tissue in the hanoi hilton in vietnam. he's a world war ii, korean, and vietnam veteran. he's also been an honorable and noble leader here in america that stepped forward and has worn the medal of honor with courage and dignity, he's been a noble american every day of his civilian life as well as his enlisted life. he has made the advice for medal of honor winners that you have to carry that, you wear that medal every day of your life, that when you receive the medal, everyone looks at you and wherever you go, they know that you have are received a medal of honor and so all of your behavior is observed more closely than it might be if you were perhaps significantly more anonymous. so you can catch dis-- cast disgrace on america or cast honor on america. the medal of honors have, by and large, and in all cases i know of, cast honor upon america by their deed, by their bravery, by their nobility, and bay their actions as they proceed through the course of, perhaps post-military service and being americans, seeking to make am

and secretary clinton made it very clear when he was in hanoi a few months ago that matters, territorial dispute issues in the south china sea and elsewhere were not just issues that could be resolved by china, that the united states had a very strong interest in this region as well. and i think that the neighbors of china want to make sure that the seventh fleet remains there, that american troops, marines remain in okinawa particularly with what's going on between japan and china, the role of okinawa becomes even more important. so asserting that the, that the south china sea is not china's lake is a demonstration not that the united states is trying to exercise a strong military role in terms of countering china, but to demonstrate the united states has strong interests there, that other countries in the region have strong interests there, and we intend through our presence in the region to underscore those interests. but the other point is economic. the other point is that if we're going to grow -- and we heard the first panel yesterday talk about weak growth in this country. if we'r

participation in the defense ministers meeting and now most recently secretary clinton's visit to hanoi which he participated for the first time in the asian summit is a privilege to our expectation the president will join next year in this important emerging institution. as well as the continued commitment to a pack both of this year and japan where i will participate at the ministerial level and the president will join a few days after. and the anticipation as we move from the japanese share of a pact to next year which we will host in hawaii an opportunity to demonstrate the apec can be a cutting edge instrument to sustain and deepen economic cooperation and increased trade and investment and particularly the ability to deal with the new challenges like dealing with regulatory standards and promoting green technologies and training investment technologies. these all represent important opportunities for us to deal with common challenges. but we also see it in more flux of aid flexible a initiatives that began with partners in southeast asia to address some of these environmental and