the ukrainians. i will finish with a quote from winston churchill, most quotable man in history who said in the run up to world war ii to fdr, give us the tools, we will finish the job. and very quickly would you agree that ukraine s really killer weapon is nationalism? it seems to me the rule here is do not when you have nationalism on your side it s a force multiplier. the u.s. discovered this when fighting in iraq and afghanistan and now the russians are discovering this. the ukrainians seem ready to fight and die. they are indeed, and we ought to rec needs it s not just that spirit of resistance, that sense of nation, but it s also the catalyst named president zelenskyy who has risen to the occasion. hard to remember someone who has stood and delivered more for his nation and his people, going back to our own history, fareed,
ukrainian economy. secondly, you mentioned chechens, it s not just chechens, as you know it s syrians, it s the wagner group this horrific group of mercenaries, they look like mad max from the thunder dome, flood them in and do the kind of terrorism that we re seeing evidence of right now. and third and finally, fareed, again, do the unexpected. dark side of the spectrum, use chemical weapons. there was a flutter of conversation about that, about a week ago. putin was clearly signaling the use of them, but he would try to false flag it to the ukrainians and to the u.s. he s building a narrative of these crazy bio warfare labs, nonexistent. i think those are three probably dirty tricks, if you will, kicking around in his brain. and now tell the ukrainians what should they do when they think about these kind of possible maneuvers? what is the best ukrainian strategy going forward?
how are they going to deal with this set back given that they do have the resources to come back again? well, let s remember plan a was to sweep across ukraine, a blitzkrieg, decapitate zelenskyy s government, probably decapitate him personally from what we ve seen of the russians lately and install a puppet regime. plan a failed miserably so they are on plan b now. if i were giving them advice, i d say, you know, that s a pretty smart plan b, which is to consolidate your forces, get them in one area of the country where you ve got sympathetic followers to a degree, there are ethnic russians in that southeastern corner that kind of runs from crimea through mariupol up through russia itself. try to consolidate that land bridge, above all consolidate your forces because, to conclude here, fareed, you know, plan a
russian military withdraws from bucha and other towns, where exactly is it going? i will talk about that with the former supreme allied commander of nato, james stavridis, in a moment. announcer: fareed d zakaria gps brought t to you by bank o america. what would you l like the powero do? his girlfriend just caught the bouquet, so he s checking in on that ring fund. oh, that photographer? he s looking for something a little more zen, and as for the father of the bride? he s cheing to see if he s on track to do this all over again.and again. digital tools so impressive, you just can t stop banking. what would you like the power to do? i need a lawn. quick. the fast way to bring it up to speed. is scotts turf builder rapid grass. it grows two times faster than seed alone for full, green grass. everything else just seems. slow.
to someone like george washington. we had nation hood on our side then, let s hope the ukrainians can capitalize on the charisma and the leadership of zelenskyy, the weapons of the west and defeat the russians. jim, always a pleasure to have you on. thank you so much. thanks, fareed. next on gps, r, russia s former richest man who once tussled with putin will tell me what, if anything, will make putin end this war. back in a moment. here i ll ta! (excited yell) woo-o-hoo! ensure max protein. with thirty grams s of protein, one gram of sugar, and nutrients s to support immune health. do you have a life insurancece policy you no longer need? n nw you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quick reized we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have $100,000 or more of life insurance, you may qualify to sell your policy. don t cancel or let your policyapse without