north korean regime. the chinese are also very good and once attention shifts, to kind of letting this same old same old go back into place in letting their buffer state continue to be a problem for us. they will have to keep their feet to the fire. import lay before the president s trip. the chinese communist party has their every five-year leadership conference. to regain and re-hold power and to see some of his people in place. we will be watching that very closely. brian: you are a war fighter by trade. you know that so is james mattis. how important was it for him to say to be ready, to be it says a lot. it s exactly what the president has been saying. just not as distinctly. one of the things the obama administration never fully grasped is in order for diplomacy to be effective, you