That tactical nuclear weapon, knowing full well that the next step that the united states has is to go to their strategic nuclear weapon, which means the destruction of the planet and as a result of that, the united states probably would not do that, they know that. and they would get away with it. that s the point here. so by having those cruise missiles, it is a deterrence against him using that type of missile. and, obviously, what we want to do is get back to a similar treaty that prohibits the use of both of these types of weapons. brian: we went back to that treaty it showed weakness not compliance. every time we give in it s weakness in vladimir putin s mind. general, you know that i m sure general austin and general milley. i m surprised they haven t made more of a stand. maybe they are behind the scenes. let s talk about the actual battle. mariupol falling or not is semantics because there is only one small group left and cat