i m not going to budge unless i get concessions on that. is that a fair interpretation? i think that s absolutely true. he s been saying this since december. he has three principle demands on nato and europe and no eastward expansion into the former soviet space, particularly in ukraine is on the top of the menu. so he needs some satisfaction on that issue and if we re going to have a diplomatic resolution to this problem, from putin s standpoint, the united states and our nato allies are going to have to be prepared to talk about the future of nato in europe and expansion. rodek, let me ask you before you put your foreign policy hat on, you were also deputy defense minister of poland. does this look like a full-scale invasion to you? do you imagine that the russians would be willing to pay the cost of, you know, what would be a difficult occupation in a country in which most of the population does not want a
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