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All metrics? >> well, he is. and i think to your point, jose correctly, finlandization of ukraine might refer to 1940, other than what happened afterwards. a small country basically fending off an overwhelming aggression of a neighbor and inspiring the world, right, with this courage. i think right now, i mean, admiral kirby made this point, his military has not shown itself to be the giant he advertised. he has not only helped unify and solidify and even expand nato, he has demonstrated to the ...

During the session period, the transition period between the time that we agreed to take you and the time you actually formally join, which would therefore basically make them equivalent to finland under article 5 of the atlantic alliance. that means attack on finland would be equivalent of a attack on the united states. putin understands thats a big, big escalation and a risk for him. >> peter, im just wondering, finland, it was interesting to remember that macron at the beginning of the confli...

And possibly sweden join nato. how could that affect the war? >> well, its looking very likely finland and sweden will join and rapidly. weve already seen that putins miscalculation has only driven the west and nato and its alliances to be even stronger, to strengthen, to be even larger on top of it, which is really pretty much the opposite of what putin was attempting to do with starting this war in ukraine. in terms of his threats, the thing s the fact of the matter is, as admiral kirby mentio...

Troops in the southeast of ukraine. president putin is aware he was unable to control all of ukraine, and they recalibrated their strategy. he may say threats. i dont want to say hes bluffing. we need to be on alert but hes also aware of his limitations. and i would not expect some kind of offensive against -- along the border with finland, for example. >> peter, im just thinking about what your thoughts are. i mean, the administration, no doubt, has to take into consideration how russia could o...

But we never had these issues. >> i dont think putin is going to let up, is he? he hasnt stopped. maybe when he decides to stop, maybe we all can recover. were already coming out of a pandemic and trying to survive that. now youve got this here. >> reporter: you know, i grew up here in georgia in atlanta, there is public transportation. but its not really accessible to everyone in suburban and rural areas, its almost nonexistent. we asked everyone if they would consider an electric vehicle. some...

Not only has it made nato more united. think about this, finland and sweden went through the entire cold war without wanting to join nato. stalin didnt want to make them want to join nato, but putin has. putin has accomplished what none of those russian leaders did. he said he could do something hostile toward finland, of course he could, obviously. you never know. hes become volatile, unpredictable character, but theres a rationality there. i think he does understand that to do something certai...