region here in japan and south korea. and nations around the world. and china. from a diplomatic standpoint, is there any circumstance where you can see direct negotiations happening? should they happen? first, it s interesting that the policy pronouncement that we re moving from strategic patience from active pressure and engagement. we don t know what that engagement means. we ve seen the active pressure part of it. i don t see direct talks starting without some sort of commitment by the north koreans to either seize testing or taking some sort of other action. i was watching today show this morning and he had something interesting to say to willie geist. i want you to listen to that and then talk about it. if the war was over here, itt wouldn t be over here. it would be the end of north korea, but what it would not do is hit america. the only way it could oever com