russian column dead in its yaroslav honchar is a lieuteit e ge hnoly is fundame in h. we can t fight a symmetrical war with russia, so we have to act smarter. it s a strategy tha how are you? you guys are the pilot. yeah. reporter: the brains behind this model of attack drone are former architects olexiy shemotiuk and olexander gorban. 100 days ago, did you think this is where you d be right now and this would be your life? no, no. we just. we don t have other choice. reporter: you don t have a choice. yeah. it s our country, our towns. reporter: you have to defend it. our peoples. reporter: you have to defend it. reporter: the red cross says 100 days of war in ukraine has caused destruction that deifies comprehension, but the
robert gates was on to something when he stated that any of his successors who advise the president to again send a big american land army into asia or the middle east or africa should have his head examined. it is not just that it promises to be too costly. it is also that the prospects for success are too small. as you just said, richard, local realities matter. nothing is more difficult than remaking another society except in the rarest cases. we should confine nation building to here at home where it is sorely needed. and it s what you and barnacle and mika and willie and i have been saying around this set for a very long time. you re also beginning to see it in the political space. i think there is an understanding that what we did in iraq and afghanistan cannot become a template for the future of american foreign policy. it is simply unsustainable. we have to act smarter abroad in part so we can fix what is ailing here at home. a number of republicans feel