line, isn't it, kevin, the president says bolton is hawkish but it doesn't matter because trump makes the decisions anyway. in your years of covering these kinds of actions where do the president's current actions land on whatever scale we're judging by? >> well, you know, he said button is the hawk but others that are advising him are not. the other who is not is general dunford, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the top military adviser to the president, he's the one who wanted to exercise caution with military strikes. you know, i think ambassador hill touched on something, when you focus on this new messaging point on maritime security. maritime security is the base level that the united states can relate to, any country in the world, it's how the u.s., you know, warms up with china when there's thaws. it's how you warm up with any nation. you try to set the basic rules for shipping and security for