we were not in control of what they were doing, they did this without seeking our permission. they were not under our control, and now they have to face the consequence of what they ve done. but it was a terrible accident and russian-made weapon. the biggest difference between now and 1983 is in 1983, of course, it did go up a chain of hierarchical command inside the military and this was not a russian military as a hierarchical organization. the russians have been involved on the ground. we think they re probably people recently retired from the russian military going over as contractors, probably paid by russia but not going over as a hierarchical representative of the russian military. to have the defense ministry today in russia saying it was a ukrainian fighter jet. that s been the message all along. does that imply, though, that even if president putin does want to make that kind of a shift, that domestically he s going to be constrained by a