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this viewer question. and this viewer asks do you think that response from the u.s. and nato alliance would be different ukraine was a major exporter of oil and gas? >> might be. might be. i mean obviously george h.w. bush came to the aid of kuwait when a smaller power than russia -- iraq, saddam hussein 's iraq invaded kuwait. that was 30 years ago, and it was a different global time. but remember there's a difference. russia's a super power. it has nuclear weapons. once you start going in against a super power with nuclear weapons, you have to be very sure you know how to control the escalation. and i think that's a very big reason. you know, had -- if it was not russia and not a nuclear weapon, it might be a different catalyst.