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Troops are scattered around the area, living in tents, hotels and private residences, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said.

To throw a whole of state effort at whatever they want with no interest as to the cost to their people or the cost to their, you know, their interest and assets. i mean, you want to believe that democracies have levers that can overcome that authoritarian strength. i mean, i'm mindfulthat you are the politician who said, on march 2022, just after the invasion of ukraine by putin, you said russia is now going to feel the "titanic force of the west's economic muscle." well, you were sort of wrong, weren't you? the russian economy actually grew last year and sanctions are clearly not working. so ...

Autocrats have the endurance, they have the durability, but also they have the ability to throw a whole of state effort at whatever they want with no interest as to the cost to their people or the cost to their, you know, their interest and assets. i mean, you want to believe that democracies have levers that can overcome that authoritarian strength. i mean, i'm mindfulthat you are the politician who said, on march 2022, just after the invasion of ukraine by putin, you said russia is now going to feel the "titanic force of the west's economic muscle." well, you were sort of wrong, weren't you?...

We have to stand by ukraine. it's not an option. well, you say that, but the reality on the ground is that vladimir putin believes he can outlast the west. yes. the west is full of complex democracies. vladimir putin, as we will see this year when he gets re—elected with at least... yeah. ..probably 80% of the vote, vladimir putin doesn't really have to worry about public opinion at home. isn't that the strength of not just his authoritarian regime, but other regimes that you've spent a great deal of time analysing? yes. i'm thinking in particular of your concerns about china. there is a str...

That we are seeing a rise of. we're seeing the same thing in the balkans and repeating the same mistakes of the �*90s. we have to stand by ukraine. it's not an option. well, you say that, but the reality on the ground is that vladimir putin believes he can outlast the west. yes. the west is full of complex democracies. vladimir putin, as we will see this year when he gets re—elected with at least... yeah. ..probably 80% of the vote, vladimir putin doesn't really have to worry about public opinion at home. isn't that the strength of not just his authoritarian regime, but other regimes that ...