each direction. it s tough to make sense of it all. joe, i don t think it s unclear at all. i think he s mocking us and at some point we have to come to terms where he stands and it s not to work together. yeah. exactly. you know the thing is, obviously russia can be a critical ally, not just in syria, they could possibly they could be. a critical alley in iran, they could be. they could be a critical ally in so many places but the reality of the u.s./russian relationship for over a decade now, has been a reality that you have russia and i remember david recommend recomme remnick ub talking to the foreign minister, he and richard haas and others were stunned by the level of resentment in every single answer. that was five years ago. our relationship with i almost said the soviets. because it s getting so bad.