europe. and the pentagon accused moscow of planning a false flag operation to justify innovation. let s bring in retired four-star army general jacket keynote. he is a fox news senior strategic analyst. general kain welcome. so that was some spectacle in beijing. the two leaders meeting face to face in issuing the long statement the shared principles are. how closely are they working together? from how big a threat is this to you u.s. interest customer it is a threat and one giving us more concern as we watch this relationship grow and develop. they clearly have become partners. literally what has brought them together is the fact they look at the united states as an adversary particularly much larger than that the country in their region that are aligned with the united states. and they see clearly that is not in their interest. both of them went their own sphere of influence by not only in the region but when it