that could set the world afire could occur, but right now the administration s mind is being muddled by its own metaphor, the off ramp. off what? mr. putin is on a roll. he s more popular than ever before at home, and he s not a democrat, but he does care about what people think. he s on he s fulfilling a clear plan to re-establish if not the old soviet union as least the old czarist empire. off what? he doesn t want off. we want off. the united states does not want to become embroiled in another military fiasco. is this more about the u.s. not becoming involved or more about stopping putin? at this point it s up to putin what he wants to do, but very clear that if putin takes any more provocative action, the united states is willing to respond. vice president biden s presence in estonia, latvia and lithuania is a very clear signal, george, i don t think you can miss it. last word. i was going to say instead of off ramps we should be