iranians get a nuclear weapon? what are the odds that after the olympics, china will "reunify" meaning take over taiwan? in your view. >> it's a great question. i think in some sense all three of them are well happening. the russians have already connected in ukraine. they took crimea under the previous democratic administration. they are making a lot of noise today firing rockets as well. in iran, we have already essentially lifted sanctions not by actually lifting them but failing to enforce them and we have allowed iran to get very close to having not only a nuclear weapon but a muscle program so they can deliver it. make no mistake, xi jinping can see this weakness too. he saw the debacle in afghanistan. he's going to move closer and closer and try to put a stranglehold on taiwan. that does not bode well for freedom and democracy on that island. >> sean: you are saying that things on all three fronts are not looking good. am i hearing you right? >> american weakness always creates risk for our friends and alternately for american interests as well, sean.