Is There a Russian Pipeline?

I don't see how we get out of the rendezvous that we have with the Russians in Ukraine. The results could very well be catastrophic at some point, I think they will be. Putin right now is cornered and he's trying to do a lot of things. And if you look at the American strategic arsenal that is at his beck and call, it turns out that these platforms are very expensive and they're hard to create or maintain.