speetwo tucker, first of all, thank you for pointing out that both the democrats and the placebo party, also known as the republican party, are both equally committed to the dumb idea of a war in eastern europe against the eastern russians, marginal to us strategically, but of great interest to russia, where they have high strategic stakes. there are three problems with the whole approach. number one, i am sure you watched the press conference with the president. tucker: yes. doug: wide and has become the metaphor for a declining great power. everyone senses this. all of the heads of state around the world, certainly putin and xi, no that we are not the country of 1984. we are declining in terms of our military, economic, and political influence paid second they come our record of interventions have been abysmal failure.