but that was a very specific threat that i think obviously the national security establishment is going to have to take seriously. i think john ave. lodge had it right. this is the equivalent of the president jumping off the high dive and now everybody is scrambling to build a swimming pool, trying to come together and put context behind what he said. that s why secretary tillerson was trying to calm everybody down and why mattis was saying we ve got to be ready. not the irs if time we ve seen a one-two punch. we ve been playing with the irony of the president, fire and fury, sounds like sound and fury froo the shakespeare quote which says often it signifies nothing. often this can happen with this hot talk. officials take it back down, that s not that unusual. well, it is pretty unusual because our country is expected to speak in a certain way with both its enemies and allies. that s usually in a pretty calm,