anxiety and suffering. once he starts a war, he pays big, big penalties. he may prefer to just, you know, kind of make the world as frightened, pliant, and play it out for a good while longer. >> right. maybe he does. at the same time, the longer he's there, the more openings there are for nato troops to build up along his border. it's a nightmare for putin. a nightmare to have more troops in poland, morehis border, more troops across central and eastern europe, more weapons systems across eastern europe. it's a game he can play, but it is not a game that he plays that, at the end of the day, he doesn't have to deal with more than just a few irritants. that's one of the things the "wall street journal" is talking about today. the cause of what vladimir putin has done, he has actually allowed joe biden to get his footing and get allies together