but what happened in $99.00 is to began to expand and also invading other countries without you, amanda gus wrote. this is when nato became a revisionist, our natal would go back to its original mission. just sit there us that a scope, power go back to being in the offensive alliance. them. it could be a source of stability. mike's point about them might actually not the endure anymore, because no one is threatening to invade nato. so if it's not offensive lines, it would lose its purpose and it might not last very well he it also, if i can chime in before we go to the break here, there's about 5000 um salaried employees in brussels, that work for nato. this is a very lucrative a career for many, many people, and not to speak of the army producers as well. this is a good gig or you can use the word gripped. i'll leave it up to the viewer to decide or a gentleman. i'm gonna jump in here, we're going to go to a short break. and after that short break, we'll continue our discussion on european security. stay with our tea. ah, ah, ah, failure to allow markets to reflect to market forces has res