eric zillmer,, for the caller? guest: the question is how do we get to discussing this, especially for the oh winter olympics. the went olympics used to be held in small villages like lake placid, for tina, saint mauritz, ch, after yougarmis come from the slopes you sit at the fireplace often with the athletes themselves. but the ioc made a decision to make -- awarded to a low-key resume this resort of sochi and a few years, south korea. these are not mainstream at the resort areas. bebop in critical how a low-key seaside resort like sochi is going to stage a winter olympics. since this is the second olympics in russia, russia is very motivated to do very well on an international stage. and so that is why the background of sochi has become so political for a winter olympics game when in the past very few people talk about winter olympics. herb'skground to question, you know, the cold war ended in 1989 but is it truly over? war againstved in a global terrorism. we have troops on the ground in afghanistan as russia h