how worrisome -- first of all, that dr. chowpped, because he was not hawkish enough for the administration? number two, we still do not have a new u.s. ambassador in south korea. christopher: yes. the last u.s. ambassador to south korea left on january 20, 2017. and it is quite extraordinary to have an absolutely key u.s. ally in a frankly, what looks like a crisis situation in the past year, which could go on. it is quite remarkable that we do not have a u.s. ambassador. victor chow, at lifelong republican who worked during the george w. bush administration, really takes a very firm view on north korea. the fact that he did not support this idea of a so-called bloody nose, the single strike against north korea to tell them gee, there is more of where that came from -- the fact that he did not support that to me, does not indicate some huge policy gap because frankly, i do not think secretary mattis or secretary tillerson have ever supported the idea of a so-called bloody nose. saidrofessor chow has look, we finally got going wi