look, ambassador taylor is also a combat veteran. he knows this business as well as anybody. but the decision made by the president that this operation to assist ukraine would be done by, with and through nato means that to maintain consensus among the 30 nations within nato we often times have to go to the lowest common denominator and we re seeing that in the provision of weapons and support that we re providing to the ukrainians. while many of the hawkish nations like the united states want to give more, many of the front line states, particularly those nato facings on the border with russia, are a little bit concerned that too much would put them at risk. would more equipment and better equipment have a battlefield consequence? yes. but the diplomats on the ground are assuring us that the upintended consequences or the