字幕列表 影片播放 列印英文字幕 >>WHAT ARE THE SECURITY THREATS FACING THE UNITED STATES? GENERAL STEPHEN CHENEY, CEO OF THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT, HAS A LIST OF THE WORST ONES. HE'LL DISCUSS THEM NEXT, ON GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES. ♪THEME MUSIC♪ >>THIS IS GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES WITH PULITZER PRIZE WINNING COMMENTATOR, JOHN BERSIA. >>WELCOME TO GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES. IN THE AFTERMATH OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, AMERICANS ARE NATURALLY MORE CONCERNED ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY. GENERAL STEPHEN CHENEY, CEO OF THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT, SPENDS HIS DAYS KEEPING TRACK OF THREATS TO THE NATION. WELCOME TO THE SHOW, GENERAL CHANEY. >>WELL, DR. BERSIA I'M SO GLAD TO BE BACK. >>TELL US ABOUT YOUR MOTIVATIONS. YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DEFENSE OF THE COUNTRY IN VARIOUS WAYS; AS A MARINE NOW WORKING WITH THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT. WHAT KEEPS YOU GOING? >>YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING. WHEN YOU COME UP AS A JUNIOR MARINE, JUNIOR OFFICER THROUGH THE RANKS AT THE EARLY STAGES YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE TACTICAL SITUATION. THE MORE SENIOR YOU GET, THE MORE EDUCATED YOU GET, MORE INVOLVED YOU GET. AND YOU BEGIN TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S A MUCH BIGGER PICTURE HERE THAT YOU'RE SOME WHAT APART OF. AND I THINK I GO BACK PRETTY MUCH TO THE TIME THAT I WAS ASSIGNED TO THE OFFICE OF SECRETARY DEFENSE AND I GOT NOMINATED TO BE THE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TO THEN DICK CHENEY, NO RELATION. AND WE SAT DOWN AND CHATTED AND WENT OVER THE FAMILY TREE-NO RELATION. BUT IT WAS THERE I GOT PRETTY GOOD EXPOSURE TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND ACTUALLY SAT NEXT TO HIM FOR INSTANCE WHEN OUR TROOPS WENT INTO SOMALIA; WATCHED IT ON T.V., INTERPRETED FOR HIM WHAT THE VEHICLES WERE. AND FROM THERE I GOT NOMINATED TO BE A FELLOW AT THE COUNCIL ON FORMER RELATIONS. AND THAT REALLY SPURED MY INTEREST IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEFENSE ESTABLISHMENT NATIONAL SECURITY AND THE SECURITY OF OUR COUNTRY-AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. AND I HAVE FOLLOWED THAT THROUGH EVER SINCE. CULMINATING OF COURSE TODAY WITH MY INVOLVEMENT WITH THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT. SO THAT PART OF IT HAS STUCK WITH ME. I'VE BEEN VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN. AND I THINK MOST OF YOUR SENIOR MILITARY FOLKS, PARTICULARLY THE FLAG OFFICERS, UNDERSTAND THE NATIONAL STRATEGY AND WANT TO STAY INVOLVED. >>TELL US ABOUT YOUR EARLY DAYS AS A MARINE. WHAT WERE YOUR CHALLENGES AND WHAT WERE YOUR OPPORTUNITIES? >>WELL YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT OUT OF-FOR MY CASE, RIGHT OUT OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY AND YOU GO TO WHAT THE MARINES CALLED BASIC SCHOOL. YOU GET ASSIGNED AN OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OR ARTILLERY IN MY CASE. AND THEN YOU GO OUT TO YOUR UNIT. MY FIRST UNIT WAS AT CAMP PENDLETON. IT WAS AN ARTILLERY BATTERY. LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE FOCUSED ON THE TACTICAL SITUATION. BUT HERE'S AN INTERESTING POINT, WE TRANSITIONED FROM WHAT WAS CALLED THE 105 HOW IT STARTED THE 155 MILLIMETER HOWITZER. THE 155 AT THAT TIME WAS NUCLEAR CAPABLE. AND THAT, WHEN I THINK BACK ON THAT AS A YOUNG LIEUTENANT AND CAPTAIN, TO HAVE THAT MASSIVE AMOUNT OF POWER LITERALLY IN YOUR HANDS. YOU WENT TO A SCHOOL AND WERE TAUGHT HOW TO BUILD THAT ROUND AND THEN HOW TO PLAN TO SHOOT IT. AND I JUST THINK BACK ON IT. I THINK AT THAT TIME IT WAS JUST TACTICAL SITUATION. IT WAS ANOTHER WEAPON IN YOUR ARSENAL. WHEN I THINK BACK ON IT NOW, WHAT A TREMENDOUS CAPABILITY, WHAT A HORRENDOUS CAPABILITY. AND THEN I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH APPRECIATION FOR THAT PERSPECTIVE ON IT, THE NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS ON IT. OF COURSE, THE MARINES NOW HAVE NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY TACTICAL NUKES. THE WHOLE U.S. ARSENAL HAS SOME LIMITED TACTICAL NUKES BUT THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL STRATEGIC. BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ONE THERE THAT IN MY EARLY CAREER I SAID, "WOW! THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING ELSE!"AND IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING I WILL TELL YOU. AND I MOVED FROM THAT FELW BACK SEAT AN OV-10 AIR CRAFT. BOTH AT CAMP PENDLETON AND IN OKINAWA AND AT CAMP LEJEUNE; REALLY ENJOYED THAT. ENJOYED THE BACKSEAT FLYING ASPECT OF IT. AND THE MORE SENIOR YOU GET, THE MORE COMMAND AND OPPORTUNITIES YOU GET, GOT INVOLVED IN BOOT CAMP. COMMANDED BOTH AT SAN DIEGO AND AT PARRIS ISLAND. AND MY LAST JOB IN THE MARINE CORP WAS COMMANDING GENERAL AT PARRIS ISLAND WHICH I THINK WAS THE BEST JOB IN THE WORLD. WORKING WITH-WE HAD 23,000 YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN COME THROUGH THERE A YEAR. SO IT'S A BIG OPERATION. >>WHAT'S THE BEST PART? WHEN THEY ARRIVE, WHEN THEY GRADUATE? OR THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE? >>WELL, JOHN, I DON'T THINK THEY'D SAY THE BEST PART'S WHEN THEY ARRIVE. AND IT'S LEGENDARY WHEN YOU SEE THEM GET OFF THE BUS AND THE EYES SCREAMING AT THEM. WHICH I NEVER MUCH CARED FOR TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. AND THEY PUT THEM ON YELLOW FOOT PRINTS. BUT THEY ALL KNOW WHAT'S COMING. TODAY, THEY'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS. THEY'RE ALL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. 99.9 PERCENT OF THEM. THEY'RE ALL IN SHAPE. WE HAVE A QUALITY, QUALITY YOUNG MAN AND WOMEN COMING INTO ALL THE MILITARY SERVICES TODAY. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BY FAR THE BEST PART'S GRADUATION. AND IF ANYBODY HAS NOT BEEN TO GRADUATION EITHER AT SAN DIEGO OR AT PARRIS ISLAND THEY DO 40 OR 42 A YEAR. IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. THEY COME INTO A FULL FLEDGE PARADE AND A MARCH AND THERE'S A SPEECH BY THE BATTALION COMMANDER. BUT THE BEST PARTS THE END WHERE THEY DROP THE ROPES AND IN SOME CASES, FIVE OR SIX THOUSAND PARENTS RUN ONTO THE PARADE DECK TO FIND THEIR YOUNG MAN OR WOMEN. AND THE FUNNY PART IS, YOU KNOW ALL THEIR HEADS ARE SHAVED, THEY'RE ALL TRIMMED. MIGHT'VE, A LOT OF THEM HAVE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT. THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE JOHNNY. AND WHEN THEY DO THEY'RE ASTONISHED AT THE TRANSFORMATION. AND IT LITERALLY IS A TRANSFORMATION. >>SO MOVING FROM THAT WORLD INTO THE WORLD OF POLICY AND RESEARCH AND SO FORTH, HOW WAS THE TRANSITION. WAS IT EASY? WAS IT DIFFICULT? >>YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE MY SAGA OF MY CAREER AFTER BEING A FELLOW AT THE COUCIL AND FOREIGN RELATIONS IN NEW YORK CITY, I WAS REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE I WAS GOING OUT TO CAMP PENDLETON TO COMMAND A REGIMENTAL SIZE UNIT. AND OVER NIGHT MY ORDERS GOT CHANGED AND I GOT SENT TO CAPITAL HILL TO WORK THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION, MISSIONS OF THE ARMED SERVICES. AND THAT OF COURSE IS ULTIMATE POLICY. HERE THE LAW MAKERS ARE GONNA DECIDE THE FUTURE OF ALL THE SERVICES. THEY HAD A COMMITTEE, A COMMISSION THAT WAS GOING TO SIT THERE AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT, TO THE ADMINISTRATION THEN, AND TO CONGRESS AND COULD VERY WELL HAVE REORGANIZED HOW EVERYTHING WAS GONNA TRANSPIRE. COURSE I'M BEING A LITTLE PAROCHIAL ABOUT THIS BUT WE WERE DEFENDING OUR INTERESTS CLEARLY, THE MARINE CORP WAS. AND AT ONE TIME, THE AIR FORCE WANTED TO GET RID OF ITS CLOSE AIR SUPPORT MISSION AND GIVE IT ALL, YOU READY? TO THE MARINE CORP. MARINE CORP HAS IT'S OWN CLOSE AIR SUPPORT AND IS VERY PROUD OF IT; DID NOT WANT TO ABSORB THE AIR FORCES EITHER. SO I MEAN, THAT LEVEL OF POLICY WAS PRETTY INTERESTING TO ME AND I'VE CARRIED THAT ON EVER SINCE WITH MY RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL OF FORMER RELATIONS. AND THEN I DID SOME WORK WITH JOHN KERRY IN 2003,2004. I ENDED UP BEING THE CHEIF OPERATING OFFICER OF A NON-PROFIT IN D.C. AS A BUSINESS EXECUTIVE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY WAS THE NAME OF THE ORGANIZATION. STAYED IN TOUCH WITH KERRY AND HAGEL. THEY FORMED THE AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT IN 2005 AND OF COURSE I KNOW THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA IS WELL INVOLVED AND UNDERSTANDS THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE INVOLVED ALMOST SINCE THE INCEPTION OF ASB. THE FIRST UNIVERSITY PARTNER THAT WE'VE EVER HAD AND IT'S A GREAT RELATIONSHIP. AND IT STAYED WITH ME AND THEN IN 2011 I GOT CALLED AND ASKED IF I WOULD BE THE CEO OF THE ORGANIZATION AND THEN I DELIGHTFULLY TOOK THAT JOB. >>WELL LIFE HAS CHANGED A LOT IN THE FEW YEARS SINCE YOU TOOK THE JOB. WHAT ARE THE MAIN SECURITY CONCERNS FACING THE UNITED STATES TODAY? >>OH LORD, JOHN. OF COURSE ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS OPEN THE PAPER ANY DAY AND OF COURSE NOW IN THE HEAT OF AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN ALL THESE SUBJECTS ARE REALLY RISING TO THE FLOOR. AND I THINK ORIGINALLY A LOT OF YOUR CANDIDATES WOULD RUN ON A DOMESTIC POLICY PLANK. BUT NOW, WITH ALL THE TERRORISM ASPECTS TO IT, PARTICULARLY PARIS AND SAN BERNADINO, THAT IS FRONT AND CENTER OF THE HEADLINES. AND OF COURSE YOU WOULD SAY, I DON'T LIKE THIS TERM--BUT IF IT BLEEDS IT LEADS. IF IT'S ON THE FRONT PAGE AND YOU'RE KILLING FOURTEEN PEOPLE IN SAN BERNADINO, PEOPLE ARE GONNA READ THAT. AND OF COURSE NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO ATTACH IT TO A RELIGIOUS ASPECT TO IT, THE MUSLIM SIDE, WHICH IS JUST TERRIBLE. SO THAT I WOULD SAY PERHAPS IS TOPIC NUMBER ONE. NOW LONG TERM, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE ULTIMATE THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES. YOU KNOW WE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE SINCE DAY ONE. AND PEOPLE GO, OH YEAH, CLIMATE CHANGE. YEAH THAT'S NOT GONNA KILL ME TOMORROW. NO IT WON'T KILL YOU TOMORROW. BUT IT MIGHT KILL YOU 30 OR 40 YEARS IF WE CONTINUE TO POLLUTE THE ATMOSPHERE THE WAY WE HAVE. IF ANYBODY HAS BEEN TO BEJING IN THE LAST DECADE CAN UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T BREATHE THERE. I MEAN IT IS JUST HORRIBLE. AND THE CHINESE DON'T KNOW IT. THEY UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT THAT'S WHERE THE LONG TERM STRATEGIC PART OF A SECURITY THREAT COMES IN AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR DENIERS WHICH IS INCREDIBLY SADING FROM MY PERSPECTIVE. THE SCIENCE IS PROVEN THAT CLIMATE CHANGE IS HERE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE TREMENDOUS THREATS TO OUR BASIS AND STATIONS HERE, TO MANY OVERSEAS. DIEGO GARCIA WILL PROBABLY GO UNDERWATER. MANY COUNTRIES, MARSHALL ISLANDS WILL GO UNDERWATER, BANGLADESH, PART OF THAT WILL GO UNDERWATER. PEOPLE DON'T-CAN'T GET THEIR HANDS AROUND THE CRISIS THAT THIS IS GONNA CAUSE. NOW WE KNOW WE'VE GOT REFUGEE PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF ISIS AND AL QAEDA AND BOKO HORAM THROUGHOUT AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST. AND THERE ARE A HUGE REFUGEE CRISIS GOING ON WITH THE SYRIAN BUSINESS, WHICH I THINK ULTIMATELY WAS CAUSED BY ASSAD, BUT FULED BY THE ARAB SPRING AND IT NOT HANDLED WELL BY THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S COURSE NOW MORPHED ITSELF INTO THREATENING US HERE AS THE LONE WOLF IN MY OPINION, GUY FROM SAN BERNADINO. BUT THE ONE IN PARIS WAS NOT A LONE WOLF. THAT WAS COORDINATED ATTACK BY ISIS. AND THAT WILL CAUSE US SOME SEVERE PROBLEMS. >>AND THERE ARE CLIMATE CHANGE ASPECTS TO THE TERRORISM PROBLEM? >>OH LORD, JOHN. YOU KNOW THIS IS ONE I CAN PULL THE STRING ON ALMOST EVERYTHING GOING ON. BUT I'LL START FROM THE BEGINNING WITH ARAB SPRING FOR INSTANCE. THEY HAD HUGE FORREST FIRES IN THE SOVIET-NOT SOVIET UNION-RUSSIA 2010. GRAIN PRODUCTION WENT WAY DOWN. AS A CONSEQUENCE THE PRICE WENT WAY UP AND GRAIN, BREAD'S MADE FROM IT. THAT IS A STAPLE DIET IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL THE PRICES OF FOOD WENT UP AND THAT HELPED FUEL THE INSTABILITY THROUGHOUT EGYPT, LYBIA, TUNISIA, AND SYRIA. NOW IN SYRIA, IT WAS EXACERBATED BECAUSE OF THE PHENOMENAL DROUGHT 2007, THE WORST IN THEIR HISTORY, 2007, 2011. AS A CONSEQUENCE ALL THE FARMERS, ALL THE AGRARIAN FOLKS MOVED INTO THE CITIES, ALEPPO AND HOMS TO BE SPECIFIC. AND BECAME A HUGE TARGET FOR ASSAD AND OF COURSE WHEN THE ARAB SPRING WAVED THROUGH, COURSE THE CITIZENS IN SYRIA WERE NOT HAPPY WITH THE GOVERNMENT. THEY WEREN'T BEING TREATED WELL. THEY KIND OF REBELLED. IT WASN'T AN ARMED REBELLION. INITIALLY IT WAS A PEACEFUL REBELLION. WELL ASSAD MADE IT UN-PEACEFUL AND ATTACKED THEM. AND HIS MAIN TARGET OF COURSE WAS ALLEPO. AND HERE YOU HAD SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE THERE AND HE BARREL BOMBED THEM TO DEATH AND, LITERALLY. AND NOW OF COURSE YOU HAVE A PHENOMENAL REFUGEE CRISIS. SO THAT'S THE TIE IN THAT CASE BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE. NOW I'M NOT SAYING CLIMATE CHANGE NECESSARILY CAUSED ALL THAT DROUGHT, BUT IT WAS A HUGE ACCELERANT TO THE INSTABILITY. IT WAS A THREAT MULTIPLIER. >>SO WHY DON'T YOU SPOIL OUR DAY AND GIVE US THE WORST CASE SCENARIO FOR CLIMATE CHANGE-IF WE DON'T GET OUR HANDS AROUND THE PROBLEM. >>YEAH I MEAN WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION BECAUSE I HADN'T BEEN POSED THAT SPECIFIC PART OF IT BEFORE. BUT I WILL GIVE YOU A WORST CASE SCENARIO. ARTIC CAP MELTS. LET'S SAY IN 15 TO 20 YEARS. YOU HAVE A HUGE SEA LEVEL RISE. I'M NOT TALKING SIX INCHES OR A FOOT. I'M TALKING THREE, FOUR, MAYBE FIVE FEET. AS A CONSEQUENCE, ALL YOUR EAST COAST CITIES HAVE HUGE FLOODING PROBLEMS. MIAMI, NEW YORK, BOSTON, BALTIMORE, NORFOLK. OUR BASES AND STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD THAT ARE 1, 2, 3 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL ALL GO UNDERWATER. THEY'VE ALL GOT TO MOVE. SO YOU'VE GOT TO RELOCATE ALL YOUR BASES AND STATIONS. AND THAT'S THE IMMEDIATE IMPACT-I CALL THAT TACTICALLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS, BANGLADESH ENDS UP INITIALLY WITH A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR-FIVE MILLION PERSON REFUGEE PROBLEM. BUT IT EXPANDS TO 15 TO 30 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THERE'S NOT THE ROOM, THERE'S NOT THE SPACE IN BANGLADESH. CAN'T GO TO INDIA BECAUSE IT'S AN ARMED BORDER. CAN'T GOT O MYANMAR. WHERE DO THEY GO? YOU TALK ABOUT A REFUGEE PROBLEM OF ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE PROPORTION HERE. AND OF COURSE WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE GOT WITH ONE OR TWO MILLION OR THREE MILLION. NOT THAT THAT'S INSIGNIFICANT OUT OF SYRIA, BUT THIS WOULD BE A PROBLEM THAT'S EVEN CONSIDERABLY WORSE. AND IT FLOODS ITSELF THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST ASIA. SO YOU HAVE UPRISINGS THERE. YOU'VE GOT ARMED CONFLICT GOING ON THERE. WE'RE ASKED TO RESPOND. IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS, MUCH LIKE TYPHOON HAIYAN IN THE PHILIPPINES. INSTEAD OF HAVING 200 OR 250 MILE AN HOUR TYPHOON, YOU GET 300. JUST BLOW AWAY TOTAL COUNTRIES OR TOTAL CITIES. AND THE PRINCIPLE RESPONDER, IS US. AND HERE'S ANOTHER FLIP TO THAT ISSUE. IT HAPPENS TO COME AT A TIME WHEN THE CHINESE ARE BUILDING, BUILDING ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA AND THE PHILIPPINES FEEL VERY THREATENED BY THIS, AS THEY SHOULD. AND OF COURSE THE CHINESE ARE TRYING TO ASSERT TERRITORIAL ACCLAIM TO THOSE WATERS THROUGH THE LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION, WHICH BY THE WAY WE DO NOT SIGN UP TO. SO ALL THIS STARTS TO GEL ITSELF INTO HUGE CONFLICT THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND FOOD SHORTAGES BEYOND COMPARE. NOW THAT'S ARMAGEDDON, THAT'S THE WORSE CASE. I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. >>SO WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO PREVENT THAT SCENARIO? >>YEAH I MEAN WE GET THAT QUESTION AT AMERICAN SECURITY PROJECT. AND ONE OF THE POINTS TO HAVING A NUMBER OF SENIOR FLAG OFFICERS ON OUR BOARD, AND DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF VERY DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN POLITICIANS AND BUSINESSMEN AND WOMEN ON THE BOARD. LOCKHEED MARTIN, NORM AUGUSTINE, FORMER CEO IS ON THE BOARD, CHRISTINE TODD WHITMAN, FORMER GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, AND ALSO FORMER ADMINISTRATOR OF THE EPA IS OUR CHAIR WOMAN RIGHT NOW. SO WE'VE GOT A NICE MIX. BUT THE MILITARY GUYS, THEY ARE THERE TO SAY HEY, THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION IS NOT THE MILITARY. YOU KNOW AS WE TALK ABOUT SYRIA AND YOU LISTEN TO THE CANDIDATES, I'M GONNA SEND 25 THOUSAND TROOPS. I'M GONNA HAVE A SAFE ZONE. IT'S NOT THE ANSWER THERE. THE ANSWER THERE IS FIX THE POLITICAL SITUATION. NOW, FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, LONG TERM, THE ANSWER TO IT IS YOU GOT TO GET RID OF CO-2 POLLUTION. I MEAN THAT SOUNDS SIMPLISTIC, BUT IT'S TRUE. I MEAN IT REALLY IS TRUE. AND COP-21 THE CONFERENCE OF PARTIES 21 IN PARIS WILL HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD RESULTS FROM IT. WHO KNOWS WHETHER WE'LL ACCEPT THOSE. WE DIDN'T FROM KYOTO AS YOU MIGHT KNOW. BUT, AND WE ARE AN ALL ABOVE ORGANIZATION AT ASP. WHETHER IT'S CAP AND TRADE, TAX, A CARBON TAX WHETHER THEY'RE INCENTIVES FOR RENEWABLES. WHETHER THEY'RE ALTERNATIVE ENERGIES, NOT JUST SOLAR, NOT JUST WIND. INVESTMENT IN INNOVATION, FUSION ENERGY FOR INSTANCE IS ONE OPTION. WORKING WITH NUCLEAR ENERGY INDUSTRY AND HAVING THEM TAILOR THEIR REACTORS, MAKING THEM CHEAPER, MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT, MAKING THEM BETTER, THOSE ARE ALL OPTIONS THAT WE SUPPORT TO GET RID OF CO-2 POLLUTION. >>SO OTHER THAN CLIMATE CHANGE, OTHER THAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SECURITY PROBLEMS, CHALLENGES FOR THE UNITED STATE? >>OH BOY. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IS A HUGE ONE. WE FEEL AT ASP THAT OUR COUNTRY DOESN'T DO THAT PARTICULARLY WELL. HAVEN'T PUT ENOUGH EMPHASIS ON IT. CYBER SECURITY IS OBVIOUSLY THAT IS ANOTHER WIN WIN. MY OWN PERSONAL DATA GOT HACKED WITH THE OPM BREACH. AND I KNOW DOZENS, DOZENS WHO GOT HACKED. WE'VE GOT TO STOP AND PREVENT THAT. AND WE'VE GOT SMART ENOUGH PEOPLE. NOT NECESSARILY IN THE GOVERNMENT THERE ARE SMART PEOPLE THERE TOO, BUT THE INDUSTRY FOLKS, THEY'RE ALL THERE. WE NEED TO TAP INTO THAT INTELLIGENCE THAT'S THERE, THOSE FOLKS AND INNOVATION THAT CAN FIX THE CYBER SECURITY PROBLEM. BECAUSE WE'RE ALL SO DEPENDENT ON ALL THAT DATA THAT CAN BE HACKED, AND HAS BEEN HACKED. SO CYBER IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BIGGEST. >>SO WE DO WE DO ABOUT THAT KIND OF CHALLENGE? WE'RE SO DEPENDENT ON TECHNOLOGY. >>SURE. >>AND IT SEEMS TO BE OUR STRENGTH AND OUR WEAKNESS. >>WELL IT IS. AND YOU KNOW WE'RE THE ONES THAT DISCOVERED IT, PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND NOW OF COURSE IT'S EXPLODED WORLD WIDE AND THERE ARE BRILLIANT MINDS ALL OVER THE WORLD THAT ARE WORKING PRO AND CON ON THE CYBER QUESTION. AS THEY HAVE HERE, I THINK YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT THE RESOURCES AGAINST IT AND UNDERSTAND IT. NOW THAT GETS INTO THE POLICY AND LEGAL SIDE OF THE HOUSE TOO, I.E. NSA MONITORING YOUR PHONES, COLLECTION OF DATA, HOW MUCH DOES GOVERNMENT TAKE, PRIVACY ACT. AND THERE'S A BALANCE TO THIS. I MEAN IT IS. AND IT'S A TOUGH ONE, IT'S A TOUGH ONE TO ANSWER. I KNOW A LOT OF AMERICANS DON'T CARE TO HAVE THEIR PHONE CONVERSATIONS RECORDED. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT IF IT MEANS THE SECURITY OF YOUR LIFE OR YOUR FINANCES, I THINK YOU WOULDN'T MIND SOMEBODY AT LEAST KEEPING TRACK OF IT IN TERMS OF WHO'S HACKING YOU AND HOW IT'S GETTING HACKED AND WHAT KIND OF SCREENS YOU CAN PUT UP OR PREVENTIVE DEVICES TO STOP THE HACKING FROM OCCURRING. AND THE OTHER SIDE OF IT TOO IS WORKING THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. I MEAN THIS IS A HAND AND GLOVE OPERATION. THE FINANCIAL COMMUNITY IS TOTALLY DEPENDENT ON ELECTRONICS AND CYBER. I MEAN IT'S A WORLD-YOU CAN MAKE A TRADE IF YOU'RE IN HONG KONG, YOU DO A TRADE RIGHT NOW ON WALL STREET IN LITERALLY IN MILLISECONDS. IT'S THAT KIND OF THING THAT'S DANGEROUS. IT'S GREAT. BUT IT'S DANGEROUS, OUGHT TO BE REGULATED. WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT. >>AS YOU DEAL WITH THESE GLOBAL CHALLENGES, WHAT IS THE RELATIVE ROLE OF THE UNITED STATES? YOU HAVE SOME ANALYSTS SAYING THE UNITED STATES IS A DECLINING SUPER POWER. YOU HAVE SOME PUNDITS WHO GO TO THE EXTREME AND SAY THE UNITED STATES WILL NO LONGER BE RELEVANT A DECADE OR TWO FROM NOW. BUT IN MY OPINION AND IN MY EXPERIENCE THE UNITED STATES SEEMS TO SORT OF REVIEW AND RENEW ITSELF PERIODICALLY AND USUALLY COMES BACK BETTER THAN BEFORE. AT LEAST IN TERMS OF DEALING WITH CHALLENGES. SO WHERE ARE, ARE WE A DECLINING SUPER POWER? ARE WE DECLINING AND ALSO CLIMBING RELATIVE TO OTHER COUNTRIES AS THEY CLIMB AND DECLINE? >>SURE. YOU KNOW JOHN, AND TAKE OFFENSE IS NOT THE RIGHT WORD. I ABHOR THE RELATIVE TERM SUPER POWER OR DECLINING OR BEING THE GREATEST. IT KIND OF GIVES YOU THE OPINION THAT WE'RE SUPERIOR, WE'RE BETTER THAN YOU. AND THAT'S NOT THE CASE. WE WANT TO LIVE OUR LIVES THE WAY WE CAN LIVE OUR LIVES AND WE WANT TO DO IT IN A PEACEFUL WAY AT THE PURSUIT OF LIFE, LIBERTY, AND HAPPINESS. AND WE DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, OUR FORMER GOVERNMENT WORKS IN IT. IT WORKS WELL. IT'S PROVEN THAT OUR INDUSTRIES SUCCEEDS BECAUSE OF IT AND THERE ARE SOME PROBLEMS WITH OUR TAX STRUCTURE WHICH I WON'T GET INTO THAT UNLESS YOU ASK ME. BUT MY POINT TO IT IS, IT'S NOT A CASE OF, AND I'LL TAKE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AS AN EXAMPLE. OH WE'VE GOT MORE NUCLEAR WEAPONS THAN YOU AND WE'RE MORE POWERFUL. WE DON'T-PERSONALLY I THINK WE REALLY DON'T WANT NUCLEAR WEAPONS. WE DO NEED THEM TO A POINT, TO BALANCE AS A COUNTER FORCE TO THOSE WHO HAVE THEM. BUT I HATE TO GET INTO THE NUMBER COUNTING BUSINESS. OKAY, WE GOTTA HAVE 1,551 BECAUSE YOU HAVE 1,550. AND I DON'T LIKE THOSE MEASUREMENTS. I THINK TO GET TO THE BOTTOM LINE OF YOUR QUESTION HERE, WE WILL ALWAYS BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF SCIENCE AND INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE OF OUR UNIVERSITY SYSTEM LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. WE'VE GOT INNOVATION, WE STUDY, WE OPEN SOCIETY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH THOSE LIMITS. WHEREAS THAT CAPABILITY DOESN'T EXIST ANYWHERE ELSE LIKE IT DOES HERE. AND UNTIL SOMEBODY COMES UP WITH A SYSTEM SIMILAR TO OURS OR MAYBE BETTER? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE. THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE AS GOOD AS US. ON THE MILITARY SIDE OF HOUSE HANDS DOWN I'M 30 PLUS YEARS IN THE MARINES, WE'VE GOT A FANTASTIC MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT. IT'S UNMATCHED IN MY PERSONAL OPINION. AND I'VE SEEN ALMOST ALL THE OTHER ONES IN THE WORLD. THEY JUST CAN'T DO IT THE WAY-WE PUT A HUGE INVESTMENT, AND I WOULD KNOW, INTO THE TRAINING ASPECT OF OUR TROOPS. TO TRAIN AN NCO, NCO IS A CORPORAL OR A SERGEANT OR ABOVE, REALLY TAKES THREE OR FOUR YEARS. MAYBE FIVE, YEARS, YEARS. AND YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OF THAT INDIVIDUAL 24/7. AND OF COURSE THEY'RE APPOINTING TO OUR FAILURE OF TO TRAIN TROOPS IN IRAQ WHICH WE'VE HAD WHAT A YEAR? OR MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF OR TWO. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VOLUNTEER TO CONTROL OF HIM, HE'S GOTTA BE OUTFITTED. IT'S NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. NOBODY'S GONNA COME CLOSE TO US JOHN. >>WHAT ABOUT THE RISING POWER? YOU'VE MENTIONED CHINA SEVERAL TIMES. WE'VE SEEN RUSSIA RESURGE OF LATE PROJECTING FORCE INTO SYRIA. ARE THOSE REAL THREATS OR IS IT JUST A GIVE AND TAKE OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM? >>THEY'RE ALWAYS THREATS OF SOME SORT ANOTHER. THEY'RE ALL GONNA PROTECT THEIR NATIONAL INTEREST. PARTICULARLY IN THE CASE OF CHINA WITH THE BUILDING OF THE SPRATLEY AND WANTING TO TAKE OVER THE TERRITORY OF WATERS. I MEAN THAT IS, THAT'S A CHALLENGE. AND I DID NOT LIKE THE WORD PIVOT TO ASIA. YOU KNOW I JUST-BECAUSE IT INSINUATES THAT WE'RE TAKING FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WE'RE PUTTING IT THERE. SO THOSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, OR THOSE IN EUROPE, OR THOSE IN SOUTH AMERICA GO, HEY! WHAT ABOUT US? HOWEVER THAT SAID, CHINA IS VERY IMPORTANT AND OF COURSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS THERE IS NORTH KOREA. IT'S NOT CHINA BUT MILITARILY WE COULD TAKE THEM OUT IN A NANOSECOND. BUT IF THEY LAUNCHED A NUKE AT SOMEBODY IT WOULD BE HELL TO PAY. RUSSIA, RUSSIA'S HUGE PROBLEM. THEY'RE REARMING PART OF THE ARTIC. THAT TO ME IS AN ALARM BELL. WE REALLY HAVE TO KEEP-WE WORK WITH THEM AND KEEP AN EYE ON THEM. BUT I'M ULTIMATELY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT HIS AIM IS OTHER THAN HE WANTS TO BE THE PLAYER ON THE INDIA NATIONAL SCENE AND WANTS TO CHALLENGE. AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO RECOGNIZE THEM. SURE, YOU'RE A MAJOR COUNTRY. YOU'RE PART OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL. YOU ARE. WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT? WELL, MAYBE HE WANTS THE WORSE, APAC BACK. ALL THOSE COUNTRIES. SO, I THINK INDEED AND IT'S WHEN YOU BRING IN THE NUCLEAR SIDE OF THIS AND THEY HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND THEY'VE KIND OF RATTLED THAT A LITTLE BIT LATELY, THAT IS REALLY PROBLEMATIC. I MEAN IT'S-NOT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO COUNTER THAT, WE DO, CLEARLY. BUT YOU CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO INTRODUCE THAT INTO ANY KIND OF A CONFLICT AND I THINK YOU ALWAYS GOTTA HAVE THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MINDS. ULTIMATELY SOME WOULD SAY NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE THE ULTIMATE THREAT EVEN MORE THAN CLIMATE CHANGE. AND I THINK PERHAPS THEY ARE IF SOMEBODY GOT A HOLD OF THEM OR THEY EXPORTED THE TECHNOLOGY TO A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. THEN IT WOULD REALLY BE BAD NEWS. >>WITH THE RATTLING OF SUCH WEAPONS IMPLIES YOU'RE WILLING TO USE THEM. AND THAT'S WHAT DISTURBS ME. >>IT DISTURBS ME TOO. AND I'M ON A NUMBER OF STUDY GROUPS AND BOARDS, ONE BIG BOARD AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT THAT WORKS FOR THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR NON PROLIFERATION AND WE DISCUSS THIS ISSUE A LOT. AND YOU WAX AND WANE ON IT LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER UNDER NEW START OUT OF 2011, WE GO DOWN TO 1,550 WEAPONS AND WE'RE GETTING THERE PRETTY FAST. THAT'S SUCH AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF NUCLEAR CAPABILITY. I MEAN HOW MANY DO YOU NEED TO COUNTER WHOEVER HAS WHATEVER? I MEAN YOU REALLY DON'T EVEN WANNA USE ONE. I MEAN IT'S ALMOST INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT WE WOULD EVER EVEN USE ONE BE HONEST WITH YOU. I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE US EVER DOING IT. NOW PUTIN, I JUST DON'T KNOW. AND THERE WAS A TIME IN THE MID-90, LATE-90'S EARLY 2000S WHERE THE RUSSIAN TRADITIONAL FORCES HAD LOST THEIR POTENCY. THEY HAD REALLY DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY AND ONE OF THE THOUGHTS WAS THAT THEY WOULD USE THEIR NUCLEAR ARSENAL BECAUSE THEIR TRADITIONAL FORCES, CONVENTIONAL FORCES WERE WEAK AND THEY WOULD BACK IT UP WITH NUCLEAR WEAPON. NOW THAT IS BIG TROUBLE. BUT NOW PUTIN HAS BUILT UP THE CONFESSIONAL AND HE'S WORKING HARD TO BUILD UP HIS CONFESSIONAL FORCES BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE EARLY 80S, LATE 70S. IS THAT A GOOD THING? I'M NOT SURE BUT WE'D RATHER NOT HAVE HIM USING NUCLEAR WEAPONS. >>GREAT. WELL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY GENERAL CHENEY. >>JOHM IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE AND THANK YOU AND THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. >>AND THANK YOU. FOR GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES, I'M JOHN BERSIA AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
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