you know, the expectation is that they will dominate the skies eventually, that they will bombard those cities and that there will be lots of civilian casualties. and president putin, does he care about civilian casualties? the evidence suggests not. he's got, of course, both tactical and strategic nuclear weapons. isn't putin likely to use them at some stage? if he does not get what he wants, could he do something irrational, immensely destructive and cause, you know, notjust panic in the region but panic in the world? i think it's hard to know. i think there is a concern that if this doesn't go his way, what would president putin, as a caged animal who's been isolated internationally, you know, his economy is going south because of the sanctions, if the military operation does not go according to plan,