On the recordMarch 12, 2022
I think it's very probable he'll use chemical weapons at some point.
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transcripts.cnn.comI think it's very probable he'll use chemical weapons at some point.
Clapper predicts the likelihood of Russia using chemical weapons in the conflict.
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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.
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.
there's going to be more of the graphic, wanton brutality that they've witnessed.
Putin is committed to conquering, if he can, which I think will be impossible, all of Ukraine.