credibility -- that blinken and other officials carry with them and that they will carry for a long time. it it's a self inflicted wound by the american government. when the u.s. went into the un back in 19 years ago, there were telling a story making an argument for why they were justifying in their invasion in a venue wreck. they were our country, massing an invasion of getting troops together and calling them up and sending them in another country. the story was not true. and made in bad faith. but there was still an attempt at a justification. because that's what states tend to do. no matter where they fall in the international order. it's really quite rare that estate comes simply -- simply comes out and says, we are invading this country because we want to. and so the u.s., this time around, has been working to counter russia's attempt, their chance to create that justification. we know more or less why putin really wants to invade if he does. he resents and fears nato