mr. lavrov says. i've watched him and met him on occasion over the last 20 years, and i would be very skeptical in terms of his assurances that they don't intend to attack. it's as if -- you know, the west seems to think that president putin is some "hamlet"-like character who's psychologically inflicted, should i or shouldn't i. i don't believe that at all. president bush 43 says he looked into the eyes of putin and saw his soul. president biden has said i've looked into the eyes of a killer. putin knows exactly what he wants to do, and he would not put 100,000-plus, perhaps even more today, troops on the border and say oh, you're threatening me with sanctions, i guess i better pull my troops back. he's going to get something out of this that satisfies him that he's made his point that ukraine can never become truly independent, cannot become a member of nato, and cannot have