today the bill for defending nato should not be sent to the united states. the nato allies should share their burden is where the n american people are. that needs to be communicated clearly to the allies. russia itself has an economy somewhere between that of italy or spain. not italy and spain. but they have a military capable of threatening all of europe. what we need to see from our european counter parts, investment in real capabilities. we have deployed our forces to help counter the aggressiveness of russia along the border. they need to look at real c capabilities, ground capabilities, air capabilities soes they can deter russia. this is a real issue of not just can you win in a conflict or how to we engage in deployments but how to we avoid conflict. that avoiding some conflicts is investing in deterrence a