that it is taking the west's concerns and ukraine's concerns seriously? or is it just a head fake from vladimir putin to keep people guessing. >> clint, that's the key question. as richard points out, something appears to be happening. we can certainly watch the movements. but how do we really tell what's real and what's not? you can't get in the mind of vladimir putin. >> that's right, chris. these are all actions which give vladimir putin two options to do what he wants, which i really do believe is to do the invasion of ukraine, or, two, to escape that sort of situation he put himself in and also make the west look silly. he's going to try and play it both ways and keep his options ohm. he is in a position where he can invade at any moment and at the same point he can pull back at any moment and say the west is hyperventilating, that there was no cause for this. i think what we should be watching in the next couple days is while he will make lots of