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An alternative. not just a stick but a carrot for putin and russia, an off-ramp. so if there are any transaction thats are allowed to go through, through a waiver by the secretary of treasury, that money could be held in escrow. as an incentive for putin the withdraw from ukraine, it would flow to humanitarian and only humanitarian purposes. so a carrot and stick approach. would it sanction all the energy related transactions but it would also give vladimir putin a diplomatic off-ramp. >> republ...

Sue for surrender on our part, that hes not looking for some kind of off-ramp. were going to have a really hard time making it clear to him and the people around him that they have made a mistake. so its not just on the battlefield in ukraine where this war is going to be lost for vladimir putin, its not just going to be in the world of public opinion, its going to be whether the pressure mounts and efforts are made to engage with putin and the people around him directly from many other countrie...

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You can do it, and the congressman relying on obec allies, you can do it, but you have to have stability in the price, could be $80 a barrel, and still makes it worthwhile. theres no stability right now. we dont know where this is going, and thats what the problem is. >> i knew i asked the right guy the right question. thank you so much, my friend. do stay safe. well see you again soon. vladimir putin may be an international pariah, his threat to use nuclear weapons qualifies him as the most d...

Interest in diffusing the conflict is really important. he is one of the people who could do it. i was pleased to see the israeli prime minister in moscow. i think thats an opportunity. as you say, joe, people misunderestimate the united states historically. >> over and over again. remember the moment when noriega was in -- you know, said if america comes down to panama, you know, they will be ensnarled in his jungle, and then two days later, hes in a prison. you have the right to keep your mout...

>> i think its a combination of things and the russians are obviously frustrated. as you know, they didnt quite go as they planned this operation to be from the initial stages of the war based on the russian military operational performance. it was pretty clear that they expected this to be a special operation with a quick run on kyiv cutting off ukrainian forces in the east, in the south and obviously they were met with incredible resistance from the ukrainian forces that they had underestimate...

Is people who lived under the soviet union and who remember when ukraine was all part of one big country with russia whereas young people are used to thinking of ukraine as a separate, independent country that has nothing to do with russia. so theres also a generational split there. >> hey, brian. it is jonathan lemire. we just heard from the general in terms of how poorly the war is going from russia. we just heard from julia about the increasingly successful efforts, at least to some degree, f...

Some diplomatic agreement? isnt there some off-ramp? i have to conclude that mr. putin doesnt want an off ramp. what he wants to do through the diplomacy is to forestall western action. he wants us to stand by while his military, which has thus far been relatively inept, poses in and squeezes the life out of a culture and government of ukraine. thats the plan. encircle, besiege, and then clear them out. and keep the west at bay while it does it. >> as we talk about encircle, it makes me think of...

Isolated himself when we see the photos of long table meetings, but also with his inner circle over the past few years, he may really not know things. he may be genuinely surprised it is taking this long. he may be in his own way upset that things are not going according to plan. it is clear the timeline is different than they wanted. youre analysis? >> it was really interesting listening to bill burn the director of the cia speaking at the senate intelligence committee on exactly your point, ar...

It is countries with enough power to be the security council, which includes russia, whether people like it or not. russia is being stripped of so many other perks and positions. ambassador mcfaul, what do you say to the point that ambassador taylor, your counterpart raises, that showing of ukrainian forces, some of the real situation on the ground might effect the diplomacy, leverage in getting to some sort of off ramp. >> well, i would say two things, three things. youre right about the intern...