me of hitler s march on europe. i think putin took a lot of lessons from that is he defending ethnic russians in ukraine which was exactly logic putin used. i think that s going to be the challenge for the united states and nato allies. who do we climb down from all of this. that s where the biden administration will put a premium on collection from our intelligence community. what is really going on in the kremlin? what are putin s plans and intentions? i m sure that the u.s. intelligence community, c a in particular is on high alert on this one. brian: dan, true or false. one thing has blown up in his face that the ukrainians aren t ready to blake. unified gottenning stronger and more nationalistic. they are ready to fight. i m not convinced the russians want dead bodies. they don t want a real fight. they would like to crush an opponent. the ukrainian overmatched but they will fight to the end. i think vladimir putin knows that. i agree with you, i think that s the risk of put