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, signs are russians are regrouping and they're determined to make it go according to plan, but if those all fail, then he has tactical weapons — in other words, weapons that can be used on the battlefield — and he has those strategic nuclear weapons. they have had good intelligence about what the russians are up to on the ground so far in the west. they would have an indication if tactical nuclear weapons were being brought onto the battlefield