deter the united states. we have seen ever-growing sanctions, tightening sanctions and this massive military show that we're seeing off the south korean peninsula this week and throughout this north korea said we are standing firm, we're not going to back down, and part of what these sanctions and these military shows of force are meant to do is to induce the north koreans to back down. there will be a parade of really powerful artillery and weaponry coming through the south korean skies over the korean peninsula off the waters, really to encourage the north koreans to back down from this, but what we're seeing now is that they're not willing to back down. i think the north koreans are frankly, too close to this milestone that kim jong-un has laid out. he said very clearly earlier this year that he has a goal in mind. his goal is to put a nuclear weapon, get it small enough to put on a missile that is capable of striking the mainland united states. he has shown that he is very