world and it breaks my heart to see what's going on. i've also been struck by the degree to which vladimir putin, who one always thought of as rational, calculating, whatever, you know -- he was an adversary, but always seemed rational and calculating. he seems to have really taken leave of his senses. the degree of emotionalism, of romanticism, of strange kinds of invective and calumny. he is referring to the ukrainian government as nazis. this is a government, don, that is headed by a president and a prime minister who are both jewish. so it feels as though he has entered into a kind of realm of fantasy, of -- you know, where he's in some kind of strange emotional bubble. he's always been emotional about ukraine, but it seems to have