walsh. first to you, am ban dos . ambassador. if russia cannot defeat ukraine, why in the world would russia want to take on nato and the united states? i don t see the logic of that. i think there s a big question, not simply as to whether the united states continues to help ukraine, obviously it will, but the quality of the systems we provide. do we give certain offensive systems that will help them reach more into russian territory? that some people believe could raise the risk of escalation. putin always has the threat of nuclear weapons. bottom line, no, i don t think this changes the fundamental of