know putin never limited ambitions in this part of the world. instrumental in out al assad in syria and never gary, do you think that is why the u.s. is taking vladimir putin so seriously to some extent? because if they were just to come out and do what you re doing right now and call putin s bluff, wouldn t putin were tempted to puff out his chest and say, no, i am serious and then do something? can you talk about how very delicate that proposition is for the u.s. administration? yeah. it is delicate. let s not forget, delve into putin s problem and om now showing seriousness, because simply increasing degree in threats, it doesn t change putin s calculations. if he doesn t believe. and let s not forget. putin has he never asks why. it s always, why not?