been coordinated. i think they re leveraging each other. and what this really look, china s going to do what s best for china, russia s going to do what s best for russia. they could care less about each other, but here s the deal. they both sense that biden is weak, and the fact that they saw no risk whatsoever essentially in getting a meeting and poking him at the same time shows how little regard they actually have for the united states and how little they fear biden s leadership in the world. neil: we ll have to watch it closely. colonel, thank you very much. james carafano, heritage foundation vice president and, of course, retired army great in his own slight. a lot of valor for this country. by the way, we are stillen monitoring global reaction and crackdowns going on with the virus right now, particularly omicron and the planned protests in france and in italy, in england and in germany. and i d asked in general what is german for are you kidding me,