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States of america. gingrinch went in 1997 but this is different, it's different times. this goes back to the shanghai communique in 1972, taiwan is part of china, we said we understand that. times have changed right now and now a democratic country in taiwan, 23 million people, it's our right to go to that country to help them, and i think maybe it's reaching a point we just push back on the chinese and say you know, maybe this whole idea of 1972 with one china was wrong, and maybe we need to have a two china. now maybe come back to the u.n. need to support them. i think in the next two years ...

Point, a limit soon. and then the question is whether the ukrainians can strike back. i think his message was it is important for the ukrainians to strike back, there is an opportunity there. it does not mean that they will be able to take it, part of it will depend on if they get enough support and weaponry from the west. his view was it's important for morale, notjust in ukraine but in europe to show that the ukrainians were able in some way to push back at this crucial moment, particularly ahead of what he described as a difficult winter with potentially gas shortages in europe. the notion ...

Poorly led, poorly executed russian offensive. and it's really reached, i think as we've been describing over the past couple of days, a culmination point, which means they're dead in their tracks. they now have to go onto the defensive, and they need to be resupplied. ammunition personnel, need to evacuate casualties, et cetera. so, that gives the ukrainians a great advantage. and as pete just described, with this additional kit, they really can take the fight that much more aggressively. and what's key is with the additional aid that's coming in, that transition of that equipment into ukrain...

To fight, what would be their objective? how would they integrate into the command? what kind of missions would they be given? it's ludicrous from a military standpoint to do something like this at this stage of the campaign. he's 12 -- 13 days into this now. and he's going to bring in a new force? that would be like the united states saying, hey, we're in iraq right now. we want to bring in some macedonians tomorrow to help us fight without any training or preparation. it just is not done. >> this moment we're in, 13 days in, can you put it into context for us? >> yeah. i've said this a coupl...

People get sort of image fatigue to images of war and they're more risk averse. they'll cluck. they'll say this is terrible but i don't know how much they'll want to put themselves in harm's way or their troops in harm's way. that goes for americans and europeans. >> and let's add into this, right now, general, according to the pentagon, russia has already committed in the way it's described as quote unquote, nearly 100% of the combat power that had been staged on the border of ukraine and in belarus. if that's the case, what does that mean about where this is headed now? >> yeah, to put it in...