Gingrich advocates a firm hand when dealing with rogue nations like North Korea and does not discount a preemptive strike.
“We do not appreciate the scale of threat that is evolving on the planet and North Korea is a totally irresponsible dictatorship, run by a person who is clearly out of touch with reality and I think to say, we’re now gonna have another meeting at the UN to have another paper resolution that has meaningless effect is very dangerous. I think with both Iran and North Korea you have countries which could decide at any morning to try and actually use their weapons…
There are three or four techniques that could’ve been used, from unconventional forces to stand off capabilities to say, we’re not gonna tolerate a North Korean missile launch. Period. I mean, the world's either got to decide that North Korea is utterly dangerous -- I'd recommend, look at electromagnetic pulse, which changes every equation about how risky these weapons are…”
April 12, 2009: Gingrich speaking to Fox's Chris Wallace
