live up to our commitment to nato, should the nato response force be activated by nato. this -- putting our forces on a shorter string enables us to get there in a shorter period of time. and again, i think that provides reassurance to nato that we're ready to live up to our commitments. in terms of what putin thinks and the way he feels about things, again, it's hard to predict. we take those kind of things into consideration. but again, if you look at the forces that he has moved into the region that he continues to move into the region, you know, there was no provocation that caused him to move those forces. so, you know, we'll continue to listen to what he says and watch what he does. chairman? >> yeah, i would echo all of