çç >> reporter: america's top general in the region he had come to yungpong island to see and be seen. in full fatigues, general walter sharpon, three days after the north korean bombardment their long distance guns took the lives of four and leveled many of the islands buildings. >> we and the united nations command will investigate this completely, and will call on north korea to stop any future attacks. >> reporter: his investigation was brief. north korea was in breach of a peace treaty signed 57 years ago, he said. this, exactly what his south korean hosts wanted to hear. yet their enemy to the north would not be silenced. a few minutes after the general's departure, north korea fired several rounds from an artillery gun. a few puffs of smoke, seen on the horizon, was enough to send south korean troops scrambling back into position. the attack on yunpyong island has unsettled many here in the south. north korea's leader, kim jong- il, is certainly enemy number one, but these protestors in seoul are also frustrated with their own political leaders, who are accused of weakness. that view is shared by manyç are accused o