signal to russia it's it has the effect of sending a signal but it's about real capability as is the other announcement that came out of the white house regarding increasing u.s. presence in poland it's all part of a growing trend that will see continue into the 20 twentieth's i think where we are in this new era as the u.s. government calls it the era of great power competition the defense department sees russia and china as the strategic competitors and the u.s. is working with its allies both in europe and asia to strengthen the posture to deal with these new challenges and beery do you think they should. be getting the message i mean is that even listening. well it's an interesting dynamic i think in some ways this is putin's narrative that.