that s clearly the case. that s what this invasion by russia of ukraine has brought about. at the same time, i think we have tried to be in the u.s. and its nato allies, have tried to be very clear, to try to separate our support for ukraine s capacity to defend itself from the direct front of u.s. and nato forces in the conflict directly with russias. and the expectation as long as that doesn t happen there won t be an escalation. at the same time, the fact that vladimir putin has so egregiously violated the international order, international law to u.n. charter means that we can no longer trust him. we can no longer think that he will behave unless we are strong enough to counter him. so this idea that through sanctions in particular, ones trying to undermine the ability