Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said Sunday that President Obama's foreign policy on nuclear weapons is a "fantasy."
Gingrich's remarks came following news that North Korea had defied international sanctions in launching a long-range rocket capable of carrying a nuclear warhead on Sunday. The former House speaker said North Korea's nuclear program has been the focus of the U.S. government for years, but no one has done anything substantive to stop it.
"We have been talking about this since the Clinton administration," Gingrich said. "One morning there is going to be a disaster...the time to think about it is before the disaster."
Gingrich said he would have taken pre-emptive measures to prevent North Korea form the test launch on Sunday. Gingrich said Obama's response to the launch falls short.
"He has some wonderful fantasy idea that we're going to have a great meeting next year," he said, referring to Obama's desire to resume diplomatic negotiations with nations such as North Korea that are pursuing nuclear weapons.
"I just think it's very dangerous to have a fantasy foreign policy," Gingrich added.
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