there's no unity in the free world. we know germany and france on top of the list of germany where political elite is corrupt beyond imagination, there's no political will to hold any sanctions. germany refuses to even guarantee the nordstream 2 will be shutdown even if putin attacks. and by the way, the whole kris, the current crisis, the new threat of russian aggression against ukraine happened when putin got ready to operate not before. because now he can afford to attack ukraine without worrying his gas supply to europe, which by the way the german government under angela merkel made a sort of priority for europe, so this gas supply will not be interpreted. >> you haven't heard u.s. officials and other officials say it would be a no-go if russia does invade. and today a top germany official