need. a long-range weapon, in order to take on russia, it has taken too long for those weapons to arrive in ukraine, too much fear of escalation rather than being clear that the war aim is for russia to be defeated. that's what we need to see from the biden administration, we need to see clarity so the american public are convinced this is important and doable. and i think it is doable and lots of people say this is an issue for europe and we've rapidly become an issue for the united states if vladimir putin wins. paul: because of the threat to nato and vladimir putin's armies would move up to more of the border of nato but do you think vladimir putin would threaten nato? >> yes. i believe he would stop in