have over an act that most effects south korea. that s always been the dichotomy here, is that we re the ones with the nuclear military power and the and the high-scale conventional power, but it s the south korean people are the one who will be the ultimate object. think about this, this is two manhattans stuffed into a bowl, surrounded by mountains, and the conventional north korean capability, guns and rockets just over the demilitarized zone, can fire thousands of rounds a minute out to a range beyond the city limits of seoul. so if we preempt and the north koreans start shooting south, tens of thousands of south koreans will die and that s why the vice president is there, to assure them, tell them what we re going to do, to calm their nerves and to send a signal to north korea that the united states is in the game, but we re not going to act without the assent of the south koreans. at a critical time like this i can t imagine two better panelists to have.