them messy. one of them ukrainian victory with putin doing something crazy as humiliation stare him in the face. outcome two splintering western allies and engaging ukrainians. outcome 3, a less dirty deal. we go back to the lines where everyone was before putin invaded but would putin have could be ousted first. because he would never abide by the undeniable implication that his war was completely for knot. thomas friedman joins me now, the author of seven best-selling books including "the world is flat" and most recently "thank you for being late." tom, thank you for being here, how does the resistance of the putin draft assist your scenarios and outcomes? >> well, the way i look at it michael, these are resistance movements, the report that young