these situations border on sa sainty. when it comes to north korea, they're still producing icbm which are not yet fully tested. there is zero chance they're going to denuclearize. they're trying to escape sanctions trying to get us out of south korea and to some extent the president's public rhetoric is helping them. that's a problem. when it comes to the russians this statement by medvedev was unsettling. one thing we shouldn't do is overstate the threat from russia. they got a lot of nukes, a lot of oil. a minor strategic force in terms of naval power ipower it, air power. an army that is not a significant threat to western europe. it is to the baltic states, poland, the ukraine. they're batting way bob their weight average. i remind people that the economy of russia is less than that have