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U.s. government was sharing intelligence with the world. so, as we could see the troops gathering around ukraine, it became clearer and clearer to me and i think too many people that there was going to be an invasion. i had hoped that it would be a-limited invasion. by the peers that that is not the case. and it is hard to believe, i, think certainly for me and i think for probably many people in our audience, that it has only been two weeks. it feels like it is a sharp break before the invasion and today. it is tragic, as you see in putin's brutal invasion of ukraine. >> you know a lot of peo...

That murderous tens of thousands of civilians, we may be forced to act precisely along the lines that my 26 colleagues suggested. a proposal that would save those lives. >> ambassador, thank you for your time tonight, i apologize for interrupting you, we have a delay because of the way things go when we are out in the field. but i appreciate you for your wisdom and analysis, john herbed -- herbst -- >> -- >> yes -- >> i can? >> yes, go ahead. >> -- we could be intimidated. that's a dangerous thing for a man like putin. we are more vulnerable -- we have to remember we are a superpower. we have ...

Gonna go exactly to what was gonna ask, is that the seems to have been rejected fairly quickly out of hand, you regret that that's the case. you think there is more creative thinking to be had between the united states and nato? >> the rejection of this out of hand, just like the unfortunate decision by the biden administration on the more planes to ukraine, suggests timidity, suggests that the united states feels it somehow we have to avoid provoking putin. putin has been escalating massively in ukraine, for us to simply send those weapons to ukraine so they could defend themselves, is a norm...

Disaster unfold, and they want to know what can actually be done. un 26 others have proposed something very specific, please tell us about it. >> all right, look, it's very simple. knox goes two year old offensive again ukraine, has largely bob, down putin is frustrated. in his campaign in syria, which he began in the fall of 2015, did not produce results, after several months he went to massive numbered meant. -- he was already bombarded residential areas in kharkiv. if he does that, tens of thousands, maybe hundreds of thousands of ukrainians civilians will die. the idea that we're proposing...

United states, exposes our friends and why didn't the playing field for autocrats like president putin. our leadership depends on the power of our example and the consistency of our purpose. both have now been open to question. >> such conduct exposes our friends and why didn't the playing field for autocrats like president putin, and quote. well, now that we are, here two weeks into putin's brutal, all out war on ukraine, it is hard not to wonder just how much that shameful chapter led us to where we are today. how clearly can we trace the line from donald trump's undermining of ukraine to th...