thing he just found out is he may not have that. i think for him, you know, this legacy problem -- his legacy went up in smoke a year and a half ago -- longer than that, but decisively when this war began. he may just be thinking now, like the criminal boss that he is, he may be thinking in terms of survival at this point. >> yeah. putin, he's very good, as we know it, getting rid of or at least marginalizing potential opposition, but this is enormously premature. in the vein of be careful what you wish for, if putin were to be toppled, what kind of leader would be emerging? >> that is also a dangerous game to play, which is why governments -- you know us the united states just stayed out of this one, and said, you know,