Becoming more and more comfortable exploiting that? i think the united states is more and more comfortable. what s amazing, as you re seeing, is an autocratic regime where corruption hollowed out the government, and you see it also in the military. there are reports of junior russian officers not being able to make decisions for themselves. the generals have been killed because they had to come forward and direct the troops. the amazing thing is russian equipment. the tanks, all these things that russia was allegedly spending tens of billions to modernize its military. that money was clearly stolen. it is an amazing situation. the last point, i was struck by secretary blinken saying that a sovereign ukraine will be around a lot longer than vladimir putin is on the scene. it is a push, again, to regime change. he s getting a little out over his skis there. you know, the message from austin, i think, was clear, and the clearer, better one, which