Putin's Vision of Bringing Democracy to the Middle East

The Iraq War was motivated by a vision of bringing democracy to them at least. That is the vision that guided the Bush administration, the people within the Bush administration. And they failed on that, and they failed on the oil, they failed by every parameter. But that's Putin's vision. Russia doesn't have that kind of investment in building a democracy in Ukraine. They don't even pretend to. He wants to wipe out Ukrainians. There is no such thing as Ukraine. I don't think Putin cares about natural resources. Putin cares about his legacy. His legacy is greater Russia. He'll go down in history books as the emperor Putin. That's what he wants. The New York