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I think heres the good news. i think theres still a 25% chance that this can work out diplomatically. i was somewhat encouraged by president macrons visit yesterday. youve seen the photos of him and putin talking at that gondola-sized table in the kremlin, but the good news is they were at a table together no matter how big it is, and i think there might be a path down the so-called normandy format, and, of course, another good point from my perspective was that yesterday chancellor schultz, yea...

Ukraines president dell ensky saying it showed weakness and zelensky was dismissive of u.s. intelligence saying russia could soon invade which he says causes panic. they tell us february 16th will be the day of the attack. we will make this a day of unity. his aides said he was referring to recent media reports. meanwhile uks ambassador to ukraine is walking back comments that ukraine may forego its bid to join nato, a key russian demand. russias foreign minister met the russian president at the...

Starts. thats an information warfare campaign. i think the biden administration has done a phenomenal job of declassifying information, calling putins bluff, saying any predicate he might concoct to invade is fabricated. in that way they maintained alliance unity, deterred putin, allowed us to close our embassy, move 5,000 troops to poland and send a clear signal if putin invades the west will be ready. i think the biden administration has handled this stage, stage zero, absolutely perfectly. >>...

And demanded unanimously that the russian troops gathered on the borders of ukraine go home. the consensus created a good mood, an almost cheerful ambiance. instead of dividing us, the russians have brought us together, lots of people said. i heard versions of this several times, that nato should put up a plaque to putin, hes done so much for alliance unity. the memory of 1938 haunted the room, but it was rejected. at this munich conference there will be no appeasement. ukrainian president volod...

They are hoping at the last minute, he will change his mind. >> jeremy, you are on the ground there, whereas the president we just heard a little clip of him saying russia can still choose diplomacy. my question is, do you have a sense from the folks that you are talking to, if that is the american strategy to rattle him, could it be successful? is there still a chance to avoid an all-out invasion here? >> well, here is what i think it has been successful at. it has been successful at constraini...

Ensure alliance unity. so i think that this face, what we call phase zero before the shooting starts, which is really the most consequential phase sometimes in a war. this phase zero of information, and misinformation, and counter misinformation, i think the united states is exactly right. i think we have done two things with respect to intelligence. number one, we have been very quick to classify intelligence, and call out the regime intentions of the kremlin. and second, as we have seen, they ...

Publicly declaring the transfer of the jets as a possible cause for russian everything lagz essentially just make it that? >> it probably wasnt a wise thing to say and a lot of people put it in the same category as ruling out any u.s. combat troops in the conflict from day one. right? that we weakened our handpreemptively and this requests to just how difficult it is to maintain alliance unity. putin just has his own army and his, um, subservient ally in belarus to worry about. and they follow o...

Going to draw a distinction between the javelins and stingers that are coming across killing russia -- russians very effectively from jets protecting the skies above? >> is he right? is sending them to ukraine simply a distinction without a difference? >> we cant know what distinction putin will draw and thats why many of the allies, in particular, are really nervous that it would be seen as a major escalation and draw us into some spiral that we dont want to go near. right? the same thing appli...

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Second advantage that i hope president obama sorry president trump will take to to helsinki where he meets with putin is the advantage of alliance unity and this again goes back to my point about american leadership and the alliance leadership that leads to solidarity and unity and mr lute you dont like a good ambassador a man of reason and measured thought we can only hope that the u.s. president has some of that on offer at the nato summit tomorrow and thursday former u.s. ambassador to nato t...