war continues? i hope not, but i do worry that war continues? i hope not, but i do worry that might war continues? i hope not, but i do worry that might be - war continues? i hope not, but i do worry that might be the i i do worry that might be the case. any course of action following putin s unprovoked invasion of ukraine has some risk associated. the strategy the us and our european allies have pursued since february the 24th is to arm ukraine, help them defend themselves against this unprovoked invasion, beating up a military posture on the eastern flank of the alliance and try to hold the alliance and try to hold the alliance together as best we can. i think that has been the right approach. we want to do everything we can to help ukraine while avoiding direct combat between russia and nato. something we were able to do during the whole length of the cold war. this was a moment of tension but i think it was well handled. continue to arm ukraine will incur some risks, but the co