we know putin very much speaks highly of stallin and i think he operates in that same off space in that he, i don t think, sees a diplomatic off space here. i think he wants to return russia to what their borders were pre-fall of the berlin wall. i think he s always viewed the west as the enemy of that and he s taken issue with the idea of what we calls american exceptionalism. he wants to return, really, russia to the soviet union. i don t think he s going to necessarily stop. i don t see a peaceful off ramp here. ambassador, you recently criticize the biden administration for, quote, being weak on sending major weapons systems to ukraine. can you elaborate on that, ambassador? well, i don t know if i used the word weak, but i said cautious, overly cautious.