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Because at that time you felt putin had a serious advantage on the eastern flank of nato. so maybe intelligence isnt so great, and it can work both ways, both in overestimation, but now maybe an underestimation. sure. which is why you have to constantly revisit it and constantly challenge the assumptions — as ive reflected on, "how could i have been so wrong about russian capabilities? " you know, ifailed to appreciate the depth of corruption and the effect the corruption would have on readine...

I am very mindful that in february of this year, it was quite clear the americans believed the russians would roll through ukraine in rapid time. i think the feeling in the cia was that zelensky probably had three or four days before he would be toppled. they were plain wrong about that. and then, of course, they pivoted and started sending significant arms supplies straight away. but isnt it possible, just as you overestimated russian strength in the run—up to the war, you perhaps now are und...

To destroy the power grid, the energy infrastructure, it makes ukraines cities uninhabitable during the wintertime. then youre going to see millions of ukrainians heading back into europe again during the winter. and thats exactly what putin and his associates in the kremlin want to see. thats right. which is why the west needs to accelerate the delivery of air and missile defence capabilities to help ukraine stop russia from what its doing. well get to future weapons supplies in a moment. butju...

Message, that this is a war against american imperialism, its a war against western hegemony, that message strikes a chord in many different countries across this world? yeah, it does. i think in africa, parts of the middle east or asia... and lets face it, china, which has just been defined in the most recent pentagon defence strategy review, as the fundamental, most important threat to the united states. the chinese, if you have to line them up anywhere in this conflict, they are sympathetic t...

And failures that brought this tragedy in itaewon. and while president yoon said that korea lacks capabilities in crowd control management and other officials have said there werent any guidelines to manage the crowd in itaewon last weekend, it was actually expected that that many people would gather in itaewon for the halloween festivities. and we have seen numerous demonstrations, parades, protests, world cup gatherings, k—pop events over the years that were all managed and controlled by the...

One interpretation. always an element of guesswork but one interpretation seems to be north korea showing how advanced their missile capabilities are that they can launch multiple missiles at south kerry if needed and ultimately of course, if there was a nuclear warhead missile thatis was a nuclear warhead missile that is an exceptionally alarming scenario, and the war games from the south korean and american point of view are to show north korea how capable the air defence systems are, these we...

When, because not so long ago, when we chatted about the possibility of military conflict between the us and china, you said it could come within five years. do you think the united states, what youve seen over the last six months, and weve discussed some of the weapons supply and logistics challenges that ukraine has presented to the united states, is the united states in any position to countenance possible confrontation with china, over taiwan, for example, and active confrontation with russi...

I think ukrainians have achieved irreversible momentum. the russians are losing in every facet of this war. so thats why theyre resorting to things like going after energy infrastructure, doing what they can, exactly as you said in the lead—in, to stretch this out in hopes that the west would lose the will to continue supporting ukraine. but its not a small thing, is it? the way the russians are hitting civilian infrastructure, they are, as we speak, cutting power and heat to millions of peopl...

Ukraine has presented to the united states, is the united states in any position to countenance possible confrontation with china, over taiwan, for example, and active confrontation with russia over ukraine? well, that will be a real challenge, because some of the weapons that are needed for ukraine would also be needed in the indo—pacific region. however, the vast majority of our navy, airforce, those kinds of capabilities, you dont have to take from one to put in the other. the american cont...

The kremlin want to see. thats right. which is why the west needs to accelerate the delivery of air and missile defence capabilities to help ukraine stop russia from what its doing. well get to future weapons supplies in a moment. butjust to think about the battlefield, and with your experience commanding the us army in europe, key officer in nato for years, you see the battlefield, and im just surprised that you are so optimistic that it can change radically within the next, say, six months. fi...