on an elemental level they are making sure the united states makes sure china doesn't do more belerjerrant. they are trying to push out and grab territor and control the international waters and the u.s. response is moderate. and people in asia want to see a determined response on our part, because it is their security and their territory and their waters. >> you talk about grabbing territory, that's what putun has done and what about asia. south china sea is one example and what else? >> when you look at the south china sea, we have a mutual defense treat of manila and we didn't honor it. and the chinese are trying to take away islands from japan. the united states response is tepid and the japanese are concerned about that and ramping up their military. they don't trust us and that is an important dynamic. if our allies and friends don't trust us, we'll see all sorts of behavior in asia that is beyond anyone's control and we know where that leads to. >> and sadly, that could be the war we start to face. thank you for your insight. >> and a missile takes down a passenger jet. and military