exist in the 21st century if it cannot prevent russia from invading europe. howard: well, it's a resonant question, will, but obviously ukraine is not part of nato. but some commentators on the right say president biden should have done more to prevent an invasion or the sanctions should have been of tougher. regardless, he had to build a western alliance, otherwise u.s. sanctions by themselves would have been useless. >> yeah, i think those are -- those on the right that are looking in their rearview mirror with hindsight are saying how did we put ourselves in a position where we have so little leverage against vladimir putin where wen continue to buy russian oil and gas, that if we had pursued energy independence, we wouldn't be so hesitant to cut off russian oil and gas because i know it will impact prices at the pump. i have some media criticisms as well here, howard, and that is what your show does so well with. our job, tying into what i said at the beginning, i believe, is to help provide cool, calm truth