probably the delay in announcing kym jong-il's death was part of it. you have to remember kim jong-il had something like 20 years under his father as he sort of constantly was introduced to various communes and other factories and every north korean felt they knew kim jong-il before he took power. and even then it took years of introspection before they came out of it. i think the problem is much worse right now. i don't think anyone has an idea about kim jong un. the one thing he has going in his favor is he looks vaguely like his grandfather who was a little more popular than his father. >> that's an interesting point. first and foremost start with the map. this is the demilitarized zone. let's just bring up u.s. bases. there are a lot of u.s. troops in this region. any indication, general, to you first. do we know at all what the son thinks of the united states and the rest? >> no. we know very little about him. there is a little time he spent in switzerland at a boarding school. at the junior high level. we're trying to understand his thinking. i do