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Ground. >> it is. and it is almost like rhetorically hitting the spoon on the high chair, demanding attention like my kids would do. a certain amount of that doesn't feel like he's getting respect. kind of the rodney dangerfield complex maybe. and i think it is good to put it in perspective. the fundamental weakness that's russia has. their one claim to great power status their nuclear capability. always has been. if you look at the other dimensions of russia, the picture is not too good from putin's standpoint. because of the economic challenges, the depend yenss on getting things out of the ...

Declining. and there are about 26 million people in australia and the gdp is about the same. that's one reason they tout their nuclear capability as well as continued attempts to undermine the system. >> are we closer to war with russia than a year ago? >> contrary to popular view, i don't think so. i think this is just a pattern. it has more to do with putin's demand for attention. and also, he is playing to a domestic audience as well. another part of the speech that didn't get a lot of play. he was rather candid about acknowledging the considerable economic challenges and the number of peop...