points. there's one other possibility here. i can't prove it but i kind of think it, jose which is when mr. putin put these forces on the border months ago now, i actually do not think that he predicted he would face the sort of concerted u.s.-led western reaction he now faces. he may have thought he had a clear path early on. that is clearly not the case now. my own guess is he has had to recalibrate and he is now thinking what his options are both diplomatically, but also his lesser options militarily, using cyber, trying to oust the current government of created, create a puppet and he can come in and protect it, quote, unquote. i think he's already well into his plan b. >> it's interesting, richard. you talk about history. 31st of august, 1939, it seemed as though there was possibility that diplomacy could avert a german invasion of poland. even hitler himself was talking