we have thomas mcinerney, fox news military analyst.nctions, following along with what has been prescribed all along, how much faith do you have in that? >> i think it is good, melissa, but it is not good enough. the fact is they created north korea. they helped create and build its nuclear capability. so we have got to be very careful that they think that is all they can do. if we're serious, we'd start putting economic sanctions on china as well. melissa: yeah. i mean, how, what kind of time constraints do we have here in your opinion? some people that you talk to today on this issue, say, well the best we can hope for is sort of where we are, just to continue pressure them to try to pressure china, keep them in control, not going to give up his weapons, some sort of military action which would be catastrophic and that this is the best we can hope for. what do you think of that conclusion? >> i don't like that conclusion. that is basically what susan rice said last week in a "new york times" article. we can not accept a nuclear north

melissa: here to react lieutenant-general thomas mcinerney, fox news military analyst.e of this you just heard? >> certainly complicated our problems, melissa. there is no doubt they are on a faster track than initially thought thanks to the obama administration. now we have to move into very difficult situations. number one i would form a pacific area treaty organization just like we have nato composed of south korea, japan, australia , new he see land, thailand, philippines and maybe formosa. but the more important thing is we must be prepared for both a conventional and a nuclear response to this growing threat. melissa: does it make sense, i guess the question now is act sooner rather than later with a military response? there are obviously a lot of people saying that we need to put more pressure on them through china and with sanctions but at what point do you say, now they have seem to have so many weapons it has gotten to a dangerous place where we have to do something very definitive to stop the advance? >> i'm from the john bolton school of diplomacy, melissa.

with more expert analysis, let's bring in retired lieutenant general thomas mcinerney.ring isis claimed responsibility. what is your initial reaction to all of this. >> >> well, we've seen this movie before, liz. the fact is, we don't like it. we saw it in new york city on 9/11, washington, d.c., chattanooga, fort hood, orlando, san bernardino, i could go on and on, paris, nice, the whole world, and we're at it again. so we are not solving the basic problem of defeating and deterring and dissuading this evil ideology. we need to do that. elizabeth: cnn host wolf blitzer said there will be questions raised if this barcelona terror attack involving a van crashing into a crowd of people was a copycat of what happened in charlottesville, virginia. sir, you just pointed out and we've been reporting paris saw vehicle attacks, nice, london, berlin, stockholm. why are they comparing it to charlottesville? i mean, the use of vehicles has predated that. cnn itself has reported the use of vehicles in terror attacks before what happened last weekend. why are they trying to compare

stuart: okay, general thomas mcinerney, always strong stuff. you delivered again today.s. >> thanks, stuart. stuart: yes, sir. let's get the latest, this is now being called terrorism. i'm sure -- okay, a car drives deliberately in six soldiers as they emerge from their barracks in france. what is the latest? >> he has been arrested. he was captured in a bullet-riddled vehicle in northern france on the motor way there. as you say he rammed, laid in wait from what witnesses said as the troops came out to begin the day after 8:00 a.m. local time, he rammed his bmw, rammed down six of them injured, two of them seriously. he is now in custody. hopefully we get more. stuart: they're not ruling terror out? ashley: certainly not. it's a deliberate act, put it that way. stuart: they haven't said it but not ruling it out? okay. that is terror in europe. let me get back to north korea because herb london is with us. president of the london center for policy research. you're familiar with this expression, the black swan, and he event comes out of nowhere, it is unexpected and it ch

listen to what general thomas mcinerney said about the standoff on this program yesterday.ht now, stuart, he ought to be preparing for war for the next six months to a year. he has that much time. we can take out that artillery today with conventional weapons. i liken to a thousand crews missiles in the air at one time. over 200 stealth aircraft attacking. we can do that. we have that capability. we need six months to a year to do it. that is how much time we have but we must be prepared to do this. stuart: well, that was strong stuff, the words prepare for war, very prominent in that interview. joining us now, sebastian gorka, deputy assistant to president trump. sir, your response to what we heard from general mcinerney? >> mcinerney is a great american, a patriot. we thank him for his service. this administration made very clear its message to north korea. they have painted themselves into a corner. they have no friend left, stuart. think about what happened on the weekend. unanimous 15-0 vote on u.n. security council. even china, russia, said enough is enough. no more n

general thomas mcinerney, what does this say about the readiness, capability of the seventh fleet inhe pacific? >> well, it's not as good as it should be. i'm surprised it took this long. it's very unfortunate, sometimes you cannot not look as a commander. this was going to happen. this was his fourth incident since january. i'm surprised he lasted this long. stuart: is this the navy's way of pinning accountability of the admiral at the top? >> yesterday says it should be. the navy has the unique leadership role and the way they lead people is supreme, must be supreme and if you have some bad luck or you make mistakes, and this particular case under their former secretary of the navy, secretary mavis, they were so focused on different things that had nothing to do with readiness and combat fighting. we are now see the results. stuart: general, seriously. i've heard a lot about this that for many years the navy has concentrated on equal opportunity involving more women in places of command. commanders say the right thing. do you really think that is attention from operational security