formal member of nato but often doesn't act like an ally. they bought a massive air defense system from the russians, things like that. but russia and turkey have been at loggerheads in syria. they have different goals there and i think it put the relationship on a downward spiral. turkey is worried about this and they've essentially made it very difficult for russian war ships to access the black sea. i think it goes back to your conversation before. we had real difficulties is turkey as with others. the answer is quite possibly we may have to overlook aspects of the erdogan regime that we have diss taste for, including the fact he jails more journalists than any other country, but right now we may need to figure out a common cause because, as michael said, the drones among other things are making a real question. it also raises the question, why aren't we and the israelis providing drones as well. this ought to be the sort of