because there is no concessions that we should be offering. we will keep diplomatic channels open. we re willing to hear other alternative proposals that the russians have. but right now, their their bottom line is, united states, get out of europe. we have been there with our allies, we will continue to be there with our allies. and putin s efforts right now i think are very transparent and we need to be positioned to react swiftly and in a debilitating fashion. this is far from our first go-around with russia. most will remember putin s invasion of crimea in 2014 when biden was vice president. what is different about the moment that we find ourselves in, congresswoman? well, first of all, i think we were numb and paralyzed when russia invaded crimea. and it gave putin the opportunity to then seek
this year, the soviet union was created. he has been attempting, i think, to re-amass the soviet union a hundred years later as part of his legacy. if the united states is not going to offer concessions, where then does this go from here? the well, i think we are not going to offer concessions because there is no concessions that we should be offering. we will keep diplomatic channels open. we re willing to hear other alternative proposals that the russians have. but right now, their their bottom line is, united states, get out of europe. we have been there with our allies, we will continue to be there with our allies. and putin s efforts right now i think are very transparent and we need to be positioned to react swiftly and in a debilitating fashion. this is far from our first go-around with russia.
well, it s very personal to somebody who wants to take over and be powerful. the idea of not having the power in hand is obviously very offensive to him. mike, let me get the last word from you here. the idea of how you think president biden, the commander in chief, is handling all of this right now? we know it s not a part of nato. it s not just about nato membership or not. how do you think the biden administration is dealing with this. what do you think the biden administration is doing about this? good job or bad? you know, mediocre at best, and i don t say that lightly. diplomacy is really the only option you have at this point. but one of the things i think they swung and missed, and they did this the last go-around in ukraine when so many of their national security people were there, is the ukrainians were saying, let us fight against this high-tech weaponry that we know the russians are massing on our border, and it s been trickling in. if you wanted to send a message that
graham who almost always provides very quotable dramatic moments but on the substance, i would say, i m interested in him because he was one of the three republicans who voted for judge jackson on the first go-around. she was part of the, when she was up for the dc circuit, dc circuit court, there were three republicans who voted for her, lindsey graham, lisa mercowski and susan collins, already said he s not sure what he s going to do and sounded a bit negative but i would watch him. he could give her the bipartisan support that president biden would like her to have. and then finally, josh holly, that s the republican from missouri who has already been out there, pam, with statements about how she s lenient to child pornographers and exaggerated