one would think if we were close to a military confrontation there would be a move to evacuate u.s. forces from there. would there be a move to evacuate nonessential personnel from guam, which is in the firing line. there s nothing of that sort. while there s very inflammatory rhetoric, there s no steps on the grounds that indicate we re at the precipice of a military confrontation. bill: cornell north said you have to convince china that you re serious. i imagine that message is through. you look at a stat editorial in china, china said if you fire the first shot, you re on your own and we won t back you up. if they fire the first shot, there s a military confrontation. the more important point is to try to get china to do more to squeeze north korea and clearly the president not satisfied with