up our eastern european friends. let me say something finally, beth, about— me say something finally, beth, about diplomacy. and that is... that has got _ about diplomacy. and that is... that has got to— about diplomacy. and that is... that has got to be — about diplomacy. and that is... that has got to be the way forward. there has got to be the way forward. there has got _ has got to be the way forward. there has got to— has got to be the way forward. there has got to be the way forward. there has got to be room for a conversation with the kremlin about what they— conversation with the kremlin about what they are doing. it cannot be sensible — what they are doing. it cannot be sensible for the chem —— for them to continually _ sensible for the chem —— for them to continually threaten ukraine. it would — continually threaten ukraine. it would be — continually threaten ukraine. it would be a disaster for them, it'll be a _ would be a disaster for them, it'll be a disaster for russia, a disaster for the _ be a disaster for russia, a disaster for the world if they to invade. there — for the world if they to invade. there must be an off ramp for conversations about exactly what kind of— conversations about exactly what kind of false dispositions nato will have in_ kind of false dispositions nato will have in eastern europe and transparency about that, transparency about that, transparency about that, transparency about missile placements. there is a conversation to be _ placements. there is a conversation to be had _ placements. there is a conversation to be had. but my final point to you is that— to be had. but my final point to you is that i— to be had. but my final point to you is that i think today, the 10th of february— is that i think today, the 10th of february 2022, we stand on the edge of a precipice and things are as dangerous as i have seen them in