the possibility of having communications with kim jung un. you call him a mad man. north korea was saying we will turn seoul into a lake of fire for decades. the two most interesting tidbits were jim mattis asked whether the united states has military options that don t put seoul at great risk. yes, we do. that s really, really important. one of the main deterrents to military action is the prospect of tens of millions of people dying and some americans as well. that was really important. the other was the hydrogen bomb threat. that does two things. puts pressure on the united states. if they fuel up a missile, do you let them fire it up? they haven t shown reliability. do you let them lob something over japan or do you take it out? i m curious about the