they will range death and destruction on the capital city. then whatever follows that, are they going to engage japan, launch any kind of other attack? and it will start the war that will probably end his regime. so we do have options, but all of them are bad. the best option of course is not to have to fight. if we can get through some sort of diplomatic effort. if we think that the north koreans are going to diplomatically remove their nuclear weapons, i think that s not going to happen. general hertling, we had ambassador baucus on earlier, saying that he believes china would get involved, they wouldn t just stand by and watch a conflict get under way on their border without getting involved. do you think that s a possibility? i think that s probably very true, and he knows it more than most having been the ambassador at one time. anderson, if i can say something else. sure. when i was the war planner in the pentagon right before we went into iraq, one of the tasks i had was
of diplomatic effort. if we think that the north koreans are going to diplomatically remove their nuke weapons, i think that s not going to happen. general hertling, we had ambassador baucus on earlier, saying that he believes china would get involved, they wouldn t just stand by and watch a conflict get under way on their border without getting involved. do you think that s a possibility? i think that s probably very true, and he knows it more than most having been the ambassador at one time. anderson, if i can say something else. sure. when i was the war planner in the pentagon right before we went into iraq, one of the tasks i had was to determine what other strategic challenges we might face if we did go to war in another country. so you have to lay out things not just the microscope that s focused on north korea. what i would like to do is lift us out a little bit and say, what other challenges are we facing around the world. and i might suggest that there are three or fou