you take a look at you stony, lil wayne he a, latvia, and then you go down to poland. these countries here joined nato and they have borders with russia. so that has been a concern. maybe one of the reasons that this war is the way it is today is because he sees this encroachment in his mind, and he is feeling the pressure and he is feeling the pressure of being surrounded. so who knows? we talked about this somewhat. this nato alliance, the intent of it is not to cause other country borders -- is not to cross other country borders and initiate an attack like he did. it is to focus on peace and security of the european continent. and, oh, by the way, russia was joined -- russia was invited to join this alliance at some point. but they did not accept invitation into nato during that timeframe. host: i want to bring up a tweet we received from steve. it is directed to you, you -- directed to you, lieutenant general. it says, can he be more specific? usa,/nato will lose patience in a stalemate in the aid won't flow forever. can you expand on that, general twitty? guest: y