Giuliani: 'Tough talk,' maybe acts needed

by Mark Silva

Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor who sought the Republican nomination for president, says the United States will have to get tough with North Korea.

The U.S., Giuliani told Neil Cavuto on the FOX Business Network, needs North Korea's respect, not its love: "You don't want love from North Korea. You want respect."

On the choice that President Barack Obama' faces in the aftermath of the failed missile launch that North Korea carried out despite warnings from the U.S. and others: "We're going to have to talk tough -- maybe occasionally act tough. We can't just be begging for a deal."

Giuliani says the administration, whose defense secretary proposed a series of defense spending cuts today, is moving in the wrong direction: "Here they're looking at a picture of massive social spending and a cut in military spending -- that sends the wrong message."

But no, "America's mayor'' says of the political situation at home, where the governor's approval ratings are plummeting, he's not interested in making any early announcements about that: "Well,'' Giuliani told Cavuto, "they're going to have to wait a while, because there are a lot of other things to do before that."