David: well, russian president vladimir putin and chinese president xi jinping powwowing at the beijing olympics, announcing a partnership of sorts against the u.s. and western nations. this as sources say russia has 70 of its troops 70% of its troops in place for a full invasion of ukraine. retired lieutenant colonel danny davis joins me now. thanks for being here. you know, back during the cold war and i m old enough to remember those days we worried about an alliance between the old soviet yoon onand mao s china. hay never really pull they never really pulled it off, but are they moving in the direction of a real alliance now? yeah. you know, actually back then, i m just as old as you are, and i remember we actually spent time courting china to prevent that very thing to get them on