James Clapper said...

I think the Chinese are going to treat the Russians, somewhat analogously, to the way they treat the North Koreans.

it's a question of time. It's not if, it's when we have some sort of confrontation that we're going to have to respond t...

Putin is committed to conquering, if he can, which I think will be impossible, all of Ukraine.

This is not a trivial undertaking and it's not something that can be done on a part-time basis.