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He needs to think about whats going on in mariupol. you have a steel factory, no the a tractor factory like they had in stalingrad. they are using cover and concealment. i dont see them surrendering any time soon. regardless of what happens, the fight in mariupol, just like the fight in stalingrad, will inspire generations of ukrainians. >> i think that could certainly be true. they have certainly done that so far the last several weeks. you say putin needs to study history. we heard from the pe...

Ineptitude and it is a tough country to negotiate with in good faith. >> it is. david ignatius, still ukraine neglecting with russia and the two sides actually trying to figure out how to get to a place where, one, lives can be saved in ukraine and, two, vladimir putins third-rate army will cease to be exposed for just the absolute debacle that it is. >> this is a war thats painful for both sides, where both sides do have reason to negotiate. russia has reason to negotiate because its forces inc...

You very much. im joined now by tom nichols. and charles carruthers. i will ask you the same questions. you teach students of war. you teach our war makers. ive been stunned. the idea that there were two big superpowers, the united states and russia, was predicated on the idea that russia is a lethal army. what this sounds like is sort of a terrorist gang. they kill a lot of people and done a lot of damage. the story that the army doesnt have enough food to supply themselves. having to abandon t...

Information intercepted. theyre using commercial gps devices in airplanes. theyre using spare parts in their jets from american commercial aircraft. totally not secure. you would be court-martialed in the united states if you did such a thing. it appears to be a third-rate army that cant fight other armies, that can only kill people whether it is in grozny or in kyiv. >> theres been a lot of corruption, a lot of hollowing out. one thing we should be very, very wary of and aware of is that in the...