Tim Kaine actually said...

They are cutting themselves off of Russian oil and gas ahead of the EU deadlines because for them it is a matter of principle.

They are increasingly becoming a pariah state within the region and I think we need to focus on bringing along that regional support.

It is my hope that colleagues would eventually wake up to the need to do that.

The Chinese Communist Party is a challenge to the United States, unlike--greater even though what the Soviet Union was.