u. s. weapons going to ukraine, the u. s. by far ukraine's biggest l. y in this conflict. but we've got mid term elections coming up in november, the u. s. we've also got chinese military maneuvers around taiwan. more aggressive than ever. talk to me about these 2 factors. are these 2 wild cards in terms of predicting continued u. s. military support for keith? you know, it's a great question. i think both for united states and for europe, and i'd say, especially europe, you know, supporting ukraine in the short term is one thing. supporting them over many, many months or even years is another, especially as you start to have financial pain, high gas prices, the energy concerns and the united states as your question implies, has global challenges. but you know, i would just point yours to the fact that the u. s. senate voted 95. the one is supportive adding finland and sweden to the nato alliance. i think that is a big defeat for putin and i, and a resounding statement of support for the trans atlantic alliance for nato. read. the bowen with the foundation for the defense of democracies is always bred. it is good. have you on the show, we