miscalculation now. >> trace: very quickly, i was going to say you're talking about a germany that relies on energy from russia. so there's push back there my next question is trey yingst was talking about the preparations going into effect right now, sending troops and tanks in. would that slow down the overall, if there's an overall and wider campaign in to the broader part of ukraine? >> yeah, first of all, you're not talking about u.s. troops or nato troops. it's not a nato country. so article 5 doesn't apply. if zelensky does that, he will lose his army. putin has arrayed an incredible amount of forces. he has about 70% of his army and waiting to take ukraine apart.