on the cusp of war. i think it s all but certain in my mind that there s going to be a large european war on the order of magnitude of world war ii with air power, sea power, massive ground forces offensives. and my concern now is making sure that the united states is postured for that outcome. i think there s little to be done to avoid it. the ball is in putin s court. general, what do you make of that? well, you know, we tell intelligence officers don t tell me about enemy intention, talk about their capabilities. so clearly putin has put together a package capable of seizing ukraine from the north and the east on probably a 90-day campaign. if he was willing to go all out, fight street to treat in kiev, i don t think he is. i do think he s trying to divide nato, run the u.s. out of europe.