forbid them from buying oil from the united states of america. and what i would say is we re playing economic and war brinksmanship with a nuclear power. and that, you know, to be face to face with a nuclear power at point in history is going to require calm, cool, collected threading of the needle for the american interests. howard: yeah. brinksmanship is a good term. unfortunately, the bloody nose is not good enough, we need to bloody putin further. gillian, one things that seems to have faded is the media argument about, oh, ukraine just isn t that important, not of strategic interest to the united states. is that because this has now mushroomed into a a global confrontation between the u.s. and europe and even japan and even switzerland and putin s lies and his ruthlessness? yes, but i think the other thing that s kind of shifted the narrative is the white house is now trying to convey that message to the american people. a few weeks ago jen psaki at the