unanimity of thought and action that is between us and our allies at the elite level based on the recognition of where we're headed. we haven't that effect on the u.s. population yet. we're about to face something very, very difficult and very, very stark and really there is almost no opportunity to avoid it. there is a question of whether china could weigh in and i don't have as pessimistic a view. they don't want to up end a system that allowed them to be a rising power and sat out on the sidelines of it. maybe they're the only ones that could stop it at this point. it is a big deal. it is going to change the way the populations thinks of the world and based on these visuals and i think it is going to -- it is going to kind of reformat a little bit how the american public thinks about things. >> i hope so. i appreciate, look, colonel