political analyst, as well as a former foreign correspondent in russia and like jackson, we have daniel nick adams. he's the executive director of the ron pol, institute for peace and prosperity. and in london, we have marco gassett. he is international affairs commentator hard gentleman, cross stock rules and effect. that means he can jump in any time he want. and i always appreciate, daniel, let me go to you 1st in lake jackson. my question in my introduction, very, very simple. what is washington's goals in this conflict here? because this massive m sending of arms to ukraine, which nobody knows where it goes to out who's the end user. this, if it's going to be sold on the black market. one, the problems with western coverage of this conflict is that ukraine is notorious for its corruption. i mean, it makes a corruption in russia blush. i can guarantee you that. so what is washington's goals here? because it seems to me that they're calling the shots. not mr. zalinski go ahead, daniel. it seems to me, this is the most incompetent handling of major foreign affairs issue in the history of the wor