question at smerconish.com. should president biden aid the transfer of aircraft and air defense systems to ukraine? joining me is retired navy admiral james stavridis, he's written a work of fiction called 2034, a novel of the next world war. admiral, good morning, you have a ph.d. in international law. you were the dean of a graduate school of international law diplomacy. you're the perfect person for me to ask, what exactly is provocation in this context? >> let's start with ground troops with putin is the one provoking, putin is the uninvading. putin is the one flagrantly invading national law. he's simply invaded.