there is speculation that all this shalit and various -- schelling and acts of force that there's a process beginning and that kim jong-il wants to annoy his 27 year old son. some of you here are 27, -- had 27 notes on. so the question is, how in fact that is going to work. and that there could be miscalculation. i actually do not think -- i think people are very much aware of the dangers of war, but that there could be a miscalculation because there has been shooting, and the south koreans have said that they are going to have a variety of exercises. and sometimes accidents happen. but i think that we have to be -- i personally do not see a war coming out of this. i do worry that we'll have a lot of leverage your, that the chinese you're supposed to be the ones with the greatest influence are not pushing as hard as one would hope on the north koreans. secretary clinton is meeting today with the south koreans and the japanese. and what is happening is i think a tightening of the relationships around an american center, an alliance, and southeast asia. and that there is more of a dedication