of the soviet union - and president putin has been waxing lyrical, nostalgicallyl and with anger about the fact that he wished that it had never happened. j this is going to be a testing time. . the president biden s - the american the american withdrawal from afghanistan we understood why it had - to happen, that for the troops had to come after 20 years, l the rest of the nato forces, . but how it was done and how it resulted in a taliban takeover a reversal of what had - happened 20 years earlier- which had caused the us to go in in the first place has raised questionsj about american commitment. we will have the pressures, i you know, more than 100,000 russian troops massing along ukraine. - you have sabre rattling i between china and taiwan. so, there is a lot - of unfinished business and american credibility- is going to be put on the spot just when joe biden wants i to focus on build back better at home, the impact- of the coronavirus, political challenges. and so, t