and i was responsible for this battle over international pinion. the russians probably assume that most americans trust the u.s. government over the russian government, in the sense. their audiences in europe. their audience is around the world. the united states, if russia invades, is going to have to convince as many countries as possible to go along with u.s.-led sanctions. to go along with u.s.-led pressure on russian response. what russia needs to do, from an information standpoint, is not necessarily convince everybody that they are correct. but is so enough doubt, it is a he said he said kind of thing. it is a situation where, russia claims that their forces were being attacked, people are being massacred in eastern ukraine. u.s. said there is a big [inaudible] who knows where the actual answer is? it s so chaos and doubt about this, now that they can create division for the coalition would have to respond first support for ukraine, sanctions against russia. that is all they nee
continued effort by vladimir putin to set up his forces for an invasion. that would be an offensive operation by russia, not a defensive. one yeah, the biden white house is aggressively countering this russian strategy, right? i guess, i wonder, is it to another audience, to an international audience? does it become a game of he said he said? is anybody actively believing the russians, at this point? the u.s. has been countering, every day, with information, and it s being radically transparent about it. does russia is their game working? do you think it s possible that they re able to convince anybody that they re operating from a defensive position, rather than offensive one? here s the thing i say, alex. i once sat in the white house, and was responsible for this battle over international pinion. the russians probably assume that most americans trust the u.s. government over the russian government. their audiences in europe. their audience is around the