on, general. >> it's mathematical. it's not emotional. it is mathematical. ta's the way they look at warfare. a correlation of forces that dominates the other side will win the war, will win that battle. >> so i want to talk about what the u.s. is doing. they flew b-52 bombers over nato's eastern flank today, an exercise with our allies. is the alliance doing this to keep putin from even thinking about pushing into other countries? what's going on here? >> yeah. that's messaging pure and simple what the nato coalition is saying is that we will defend as the vice president said every inch of nato territory. we're moving troops into that area. other countries are moving their troops into that area. we are flying b-52s and other capabilities to let the russians know that we are prepared. we are deterring now but if that deterrence fails, we are