via, bulgaria, i think bringing them to nato meets all the criteria senator nun just articulated. they served under my command. they're forces, professional, capable. i also agree we ought to tread very carefully but we cannot seed the membership card to vladimir putin. that is not going to work. that's not going to be stabilizing and i think if we want to come down in a diplomatic way, we need to put other options for conversation on the table including conventional forces your. control of cruise missiles. the ability to perhaps bring back the open sky treaty. vladimir putin has to make the decision he wants to talk, not go to war. >> senator nun, you've been so