dominate, or intimidate, or rattle president zelensky. president zelensky has stood up. president biden has stood up. he has supported president zelensky, indicating that the sovereignty of ukraine, that president zelensky continued to defend, is not an issue. it's not to be discussed. it's not on the table. , as you said, as david ignatius said, the nato alliance is undoubtedly surprise that president putin had the strength and unity of this response. that nato allies are unified in what they're trying to do. that doesn't mean every nato allies doing the exact same thing, but the unifying in the focus, in the direction that they are pushing. they're pushing back on, russia they're supporting ukraine, and they're defending the alliance. >> so, if indeed, putin is unsettled, is an unsettled putin more volatile? >> it's potentially more