I think it has more to do with the psychology of Putin, and Russia. And he needs to assure his own people, Parliamentarians, he was talking to, and for that matter, himself, that Russia is still a great power.
Clapper analyzes Putin's need to project strength to maintain domestic and international perceptions of Russia.
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Well, no, it doesn't. And the fact that none of this makes sense, but most acutely, I think, nuclear-related information.
I've gotten very concerned about it. There are Chinese, Russians and others so we traditionally thought about it as people coming from Central America, South and Central America. Well, it's much broader than that. So this is a serious…
Well, Anderson, that's exactly right. And this is what this whole issue boils down to, is will to fight.
The frequency with which they are occurring, tells me that they're kind of in - they realize they're kind of in a jam.
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