military strategist. let s not talk about that. we ll save that for another day. on this point, you could argue that the united states has already given north korea m an it e has before. this is in a meeting that other presidents couldot have had, michael. it s a meeting the chose not to have because they didn t want t with the united states. you have a lot baked in there. we ve given them a lot in the past. the agreed framework in the early 90s gave them many thousands of tons of fuel oil. we relaxed sanctions that allowed them access to the world financial system, that allowed them to build up their hard currency reserves. but nobody ever gave them diplomacy. let sack that, too,little bi. a lot of critics were saying the president shouldn t be meeting with kim jong-un because he s a bad guy. the same people who months ago said the president was ratcheting up tension to high levels. the tension is down. you happen to be right.