Just now on @11thHour, Barry McCaffrey @mccaffreyr3: "The Russians are a second-tier power with a ton of nuclear weapons, & oil in the ground. Their health system is terrible, their economy is terrible, they don't have much strategic import.
Putin is very clever. He's batting...
Putin is very clever. He's batting...
...well above his weight class.
He's a huge threat to anybody that lives in the periphery of Russia, whether it's Poland or Georgia or the Baltic states or Ukraine, he seized Crimea, he's had his forces attack US military forces in Syria. This guy's a thug. A dictator...
He's a huge threat to anybody that lives in the periphery of Russia, whether it's Poland or Georgia or the Baltic states or Ukraine, he seized Crimea, he's had his forces attack US military forces in Syria. This guy's a thug. A dictator...
... Why Mr. Trump would be laudatory and trying to cement relations with the Russians is VERY bizarre."
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