nato ambassadors are set to hold emergency meeting today. retired general david perkins serves as training and doctrine command just about every position in the military working his way up. general, first off, what how would you characterize article 4 as opposed to article 5 means we all attack. article 4 means, what? yeah, good to see you, brian. yeah, exactly. the good news is, everything in nato has a process. the bad news is, everything has a process. so, things will go through a very deliberate process. that does prevent overreaction and ms. calculation. article 4 is really the consultation process where the north atlantic council comes together. starts looking at the facts. everyone starts presenting options, et cetera. it really is for lack of a better term almost like a grand jury type thing. article 5 is the article that would invoke the collective defense aspect of it. now, understand, there are a lot