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Putin's Choices in Ukraine: Former Top Pentagon Official Mike Vickers

Intelligence Matters

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Is There Anything We Could Have Done to Deter This Invasion?

The heat, he is being reckless, and that does make him more dangerous. We can't let that stop us from taking the steps we step to keep pressure on him,. That's the so called madman theory of international relations. But you're absolutely right. I i strongly agree that we respond more force fully to his early e adventures, it would have deterred him, nd we didn't. And had we made it clear we intended to enforce the 19 94 budapes memorandum, which russia signed and we don't think he would have started this war.

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