which i have been predicting for a year as a result of biden's policies, but i think's end game will be to negotiate a retreat and put in place a puppet leader like he had prior to 2014 who will follow his orders. i think that is a very bad outcome for the people of ukraine. they want to be allies with america. they want to be allies with europe and the west. they don't want to be under russian domination. i think the answer is not military conflict from the american military but rather using the economic tools we have two increase the price for putin to carry out this assault. it may be too late. at this point, biden's weakness has provoked this assault. i've got to say, a few weeks ago we had a briefing about 100 senators. one of the democratic senators stood up and asked a question of the secretary of state. why did russia not invade