this is nothing to do with technicality. this is raw power and politics. it is unclear at this pint that administration has understood that. that's why i think you have to come back to the question of consequences. what i would do right now, would be to pull our ambassador back from beijing and put a freeze on daily diplomatic activity, number one. number two, i would hit china where it would hurt them to make it clear how unhappy they were. i would lift all travel restrictions on officials of the government of the republic of china on taiwan. the separate government that fled there when the communists took power in 1949. i think we should do that anyway and i think it would send beijing up the wall. p. that's the signal they need to see, or something like it. and if russia sees we are prepared to do that with respect to china, maybe they will yet come to their senses. >> that was, with all due