10/30/2008
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"Mr. Putin acknowledges strength, and he exploits weakness."
"I think it is a seminal event when a country launches cruise missiles from 900 miles away on a target that--on targets that are the people that we have supported, trained, and equipped, and sent in to..."
"I believe his calculation--and it's a correct one--is that we get paralyzed by the fear of escalation and by the fear of confrontation."
"Part of that effort must be to reaffirm NATO's open-door policy."