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What were trying to do, the united states, is take away from vladimir putin the pretext that somehow russia is the victim, that ukraine is initiating the crisis. so the administration has stayed one step ahead. most recently its been the charge that war could be imminent, which is a way of saying weve got lots of warning indicators that russia is at a point that if they were -- if they wanted to launch a war they could, and i think this has been an attempt to wrong-foot vladimir putin. at the en...

Crisis. so the administration has stayed one step ahead. most recently its been the charge that war could be imminent, which is a way of saying weve got lots of warning indicators that russia is at a point that if they were -- if they wanted to launch a war they could, and i think this has been an attempt to wrong foot vladimir putin. at the end of the day, again, though, he will have to decide what price hes willing to pay, but in the meantime i think its a very creative use of what seems to be...

Thank youad both. brian, let me start you with. the pentagon saysst this invasi is not going the way vladimir putin planned and i think that is clear even though were not military experts. what is going through vladimir putins head tonight? i know it is a 64 million ruble question, but it is the question, what is putin thinking? >> i think putin miscalculated very badly because hes a victim of his own propaganda machine and his own megalo-mania and the way despots work, they create these fake re...

0 campaign like that. youve got to planted. youve got to execute it. thats reason number one. that might come back, by the way. they might be stunned at the moment, but that might come back. moment, but that might com back were much better prepared, and theres a lot more >> peter pommerantsey, who has written several books on this topic, learned a lot from him, thank you very much for your time tonight. i really appreciate it. good evening. im it is now midnight on the east coast as we continu...

Washington and western european capitals, i think it is prepared to compromise and extremely belligerent. he says talking to you and the u.s. it is you that u.s. give us guarantees and give them immediately, now. they understand that the proposal they put forward that nato should not expand to the east, and not have any military ties, cannot be agreed upon by the west and by washington, by president biden. i think the million dollar question, or the million ruble question, is the kremlin trying ...