09/30/2019
https://transcripts.cnn.com...
"Russia wants Kiev out of the West, and wants the West out of Kiev."
"Graham Allison, from Harvard, called it the 'Thucydides Trap,' wherein 12 of 16 instances in world history where you had a rapidly rising power confronting an established power ended in war."
"Yes, we need to be intellectually honest that anything we do--anything we do--is going to provoke a Russian response."
"I certainly hope you will counsel the White House to think seriously about what I would consider a modest additional investment to maintain the tremendous gains that have been had."