and i think the point there being that this is a real divide and debate among nato allies about what to do if moscow decides to invade ukraine and what the scale and scope of that response would be. and biden just kind of said that out in the open. i think those are things they prefer to keep behind closed doors as they negotiate and debate among nato allies about how they would respond. i think ultimately that comment about the minor incursion was largely cleaned up. the white house and senior administration officials went on a full court press to show that biden misspoke a little bit and that they would -- did not want to insinuate that they would be permissive of any sort of renewed russian aggression into ukraine. but, again, look. you know, as joe biden said, as a candidate, the words of a president can matter. they can bring troops to war or