Lindsey Graham actually said...

Let me be perfectly clear. Vladimir Putin's Russia has made this a zero-sum game. Where democracies prosper in its neighborhood, it loses.

the goal of the United States was crystallized by George H.W. Bush in May of 1989 to build and maintain a 'Europe whole and free.'

an attack on one is an attack on all.

Nor does it help when many in Congress act as if Russia's interference in our elections is not important.