missiles start coming in, mortars, artillery, rockets, they re in danger. it is, they would be in danger. and that s a big problem. as sort of unsophisticated as north korea s mill tea is, they have a great number of artillery systems that could decimate seoul and wreak havoc, tens of thousands of casualties potentially in the opening phases of a war, should one ever occur. the thing you should do if you re the united states is really not change anything. and most importantly, to back up south korea, south korea s moves, show that we are in solidarity with our allies. if the suspension of the exercises was indeed necessary to prepare for a possible attack or escalation, then fine. but if in fact it was intended as some conciliatory gesture, that would be unfortunate because we should be sending the very opposite signal. what was your reaction, gordon, when you heard them temporarily suspended