He has a grievance eating at him for about 20 years and has made a decision, I think, to try to redraw the national security architecture of Europe.
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James Clapper comments on Putin's long-standing grievances and his intentions to alter Europe's security framework.
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It's despicable. You know, I am out adjectives, but it's just, it's terrible.
This is quite different. And, you know, shocking, stunning, but not surprising, a phrase that we often find ourselves using about revelations of abuse of power by the Trump administration.
I think, I'll use the example of what is still the major Russian prize, which is Kyiv. And so they, they're having difficulty surrounding it. But assuming they did, and then they try to strangle the lines of communication bombard the city…
It shows once again not that we need proof of it, where the President's head really is and all this. And it's not on national security, not on the pandemic, not on the massive Russian cyber espionage.





