sometimes things go terribly wrong, but generally speaking, part and parcel of russian military operations tend to be a complete who cares about the number of civilian casualties, the amount of civilian destruction. it's interesting thus far, as i can read it on the tv reporting, that they haven't gotten into that yet. but i would just caution everybody to understand that once they decide to go at it, they don't really pay too much attention to civilian casualties, to precise military operations, that kind of thing. >> we've heard a lot of prominent republicans, both in politics and in conservative media, praising vladimir putin, even calling him a genius. what's your response when you hear that? >> disbelief. he's a tyrant. he's a murderer. he has attacked an innocent