much to do with the secretary u.n. general s visit. i mean, they clearly want them to understand that this pressure is not going to go away. and i think we should still remind ourselves while the fight is taking place in the south and it s going to be a very intense fight as these forces join, that putin, i don t believe for a minute has given up completely on toppling the entire country. certainly continuous bombardment is part of that strategy. we have always said two strategies here one is the ground force strategies seize destroy ground forces the other thing is to break the will of the people by the continuous bombardment. brian: general a couple problems here even in kherson famously the town that he took first. this constant protest. there is push to get them out. they set up a provisional government right here. no one is paying attention to. they trying to convert everyone to the ruble. everyone is ignoring it the one
and toothpicks, and then some people saying i don t want to try the cake because my mouth will get hurt. that s what is going on. this is something that we have been seeing over the last few weeks. is this really any different than the turmoil we have been witnessing? i think ali is spot on. you think back to just before the huge selloff and volatility last week, we had our own numbers that showed we had almost no growth. we have a new manufacturing number today, a regional manufacturing number that really hit investors hard. some analysts say it s a reliable number because it s a fresher number. this number is about manufacturing in august. the index was actually at one of the low points, and the drop was what analysts call stunning and saying it never has been this low without leading to a recession. when you hear things like that, especially with manufacturing considered one of the engines of growth in this country, that s also why you see investors sell at this point.