Joseph Biden actually said...

"Sanctions never deter. The maintenance of sanctions -- the maintenance of sanctions, the increasing the pain, and the demonstration, why I asked for this NATO meeting today, is to be sure that, after ..."

"I think it`s a real threat."

"And I sat down, and I said, 'America is back.' And one of the -- one of my counterparts, colleagues, a head of state, said, 'For how long?' 'For how long?'"

"Now Putin is back against the wall, he wasn`t anticipating the extent or strength of our unity."