he was sort of saying to everyone, michael, "calm down". joe biden is still saying he expects military intervention by russia, he now thinks next month. has he kind of positioned things well in this particular crisis after the embarrassment of afghanistan? he does at least seem to have got almost all the allies singing from the same hymn sheet. even germany, that we thought would be an outlier, was saying, "no, no, we're pretty much going to back the americans on this." well, you know, this is very... let'sjust go back in this crisis. it's two months, which is a long time in twitter time. _ the first anybody heard about it were unattributed briefings - in the washington post, new york times about l this troop buildup. this was not coming from kyiv. i mean, we didn't hear cries - for a little international support because the russians . are going to grab...look like they want to grab some more of our country. - and i think people need to remember about whojoe biden is. _ this year marks the 50th year