Lloyd Austin actually said...

the U.S. goal is for Russia to be weakened militarily, saying today that the U.S. wants to make it harder for Russia to threaten its neighbors.

Lloyd Austin reaffirms the U.S. objective to weaken Russia's military capabilities.

04/25/2022

More Lloyd Austin Quotes

If this doesn't stop, then we will respond. We maintain the right to respond. We have a capability to do that, and we will respond at a time...

Putin is a strategic failure right now. He has not achieved any strategic objective that he set out to achieve.

If this doesn't stop, we will respond.

I think Iran should be held accountable for the activities of these Iranian-backed.