We're Getting Weaker on a World Stage

I think we're getting slightly weakened on an international stage in terms of actual readiness of having the tools that we need to fight. And then we're also, I think, getting weak because, you know, we could do five podcasts in a row on the flip flops on Ukraine. It's from it's not our business to here's billions of dollars with the stuff to fight. The future of Taiwan, of Taiwan and South China Sea is closely linked to the West record in Ukraine. So there's precedent. There's rules based international order. Right now we need to be projecting both hard powers actually fighting in wars, but soft power is also standing for democracy.