Sen. John McCain (R. Ariz.) was a guest on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday morning to discuss the growing crisis in North Korea, not mincing words in ripping the country's leadership for a "cycle of confrontation" and also the U.S. for continuing to aid them under the "false hope" that North Korea would give up its efforts to acquire nuclear weapons.
"I mean, both Republican and Democrat administrations have fallen prey to this, well, if we give them food, if we give them oil, if we give them money, then they will come around," he said. "And they take our money and run. It was the Bush administration that they lifted sanctions, freed up a bank account that they had. Always, we have been of the belief that somehow we can entice them into giving up this capability. They are not. But can I just say, I don't think they're going to do anything more than their predecessors did, but they have greater capability, and they don't think like us. And they do have the ability to set Seoul on fire."
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