here s we ve made the decision to improve our relationship with cuba. we ought to use this opportunity to try to improve our friendship with this island, with this nation, and try to reduce the suffering of these people as well. obviously we take care of our own citizens. we take care of the citizens of our allies, but we have capacity and we should be thinking about how we might be able to assist the cubans as well. this is the moment for that kind of outreach. now, your storied car ee eee career, you were involved in the six-party negotiations with north korea in the past, and i want to ask you about all this talk about military options. is this hollow talk, is this deterrence, what s the bottom line here? el wiwell, it s never hollow. we re very serious obviously and the military capabilities we can bring to bear in this crisis. i think the secretary of defense, the national security adviser, the u.n. u.s. ambassador to nato or to the u.n., they ve been very clear