for the united states to send weapons to ukraine and build up nato forces and to lay out the strong sanctions that will be put on moscow's head if they invade. that's the real gain. the rest is secondary. >> it's interesting you brought up gain. there is a new piece in foreign policy that grabbed my attention for its kind of contrary view to the narrative that putin is playing chess while the west is playing checkers. let me read for you just a part of it. it says, it was never apt at all in no small part because it attributes to genius what it applies to thuggery. it is essentially opportunistic and asymmetric. what do you think?