body. so that is why they re doing what they re doing. there are no military objectives to be achieved in this. in fact, i would contend that it s stoking the desire of the ukrainian military and the population to resist this kind of thing. when you read history, when you read some of the most barbarian armies in the world, these are the kinds of things they do, and they always lose in the end. because people understand the value of human life, the value of protecting society and advancing a social system, and the russians seem to be doing exactly the opposite of that. general clark, do you believe that the russians have had the ability to reconstitute their forces, to reequip, to bring new forces to the fight in the east? i m wondering what you make of the russian offensive so far.
staggering and jaw-dropping. for professional soldiers, for those who are part of the profession of arms, the requirement of leadership is to control violence. when a nation sends its army to war, it is seeking to achieve a political end state. but there s morality and ethics involved in that. that s why there s an ethos in the profession of arms, why soldiers live by a set of values. and it s inherent on leaders of those organizations to ensure that violence is controlled. in fact, we talk a lot about that as leaders in the military. our job is to control violence, to not allow people to get out of control. i agree with my friend general clark completely. this is not an army that number one has leadership. it has no professional ethos, it has no set of organizational values, and they are tied to a corrupt and inhumane political
and their healing can begin. phil black, cnn, in the kyiv region. kidnapping people at bargaining chips. shelling evacuees and the horrors of this war, this is not warfare the way americans or european allies or for that matter the ukrainian armed forces try to practice it. recent events show this was certainly the way russia has and does . that commitment to barbarism is one of the reasons cited by the nato allies for supporting ukraine. another, general milley put it a few militants ago, the larger threat russian aggression poses to the world war iii global order. it gives us a lot to talk about with our military analysts tonight, retired four star general wes lis clark and retired army lieutenant generally mark hertling. general clark, you heard phil black s regulator. talk about what the rules are