false, grotesque analogies, so we won t spend time on that. we will talk, though, mr. ambassador, about the lack of discipline among the russian troops. could you ever have imagined it being this badsome. no, honestly not. i think it s a very important point. you were stalking about it with admiral stavridis before. you know, before this war, russia would rank third or fourth as one of the world s biggest, best armies. and if you look at the number of soldiers and the amount of money spent and the number of weapons, that s what it looked like on paper. but it sure doesn t look like that in reality. i think we also need to underscore the incredible will of the ukrainians to fight. so they look bad not just because they are bad but because the ukrainians are so good. and one last thing i think we need to underscore. putin doesn t care about the lives of his own soldiers. you know, he has no respect for their lives as well. that adds to just the incredible
something i didn t want. no. he s giving them medals. i think that underscores just the kind of evil person that we re dealing with when we re talking about vladimir putin. an evil person, also it speaks volumes we talk to one military leader after another, one general or admiral after the other and they talk about the lack of discipline and restraint among the russian armed forces. even from the biggest things like these war crimes but also, mr. ambassador, to the smallest things, tank formations going through towns, trash left behind. we ve had a couple of guests lately just saying they re shocked when they see disorganized. they see where russians retreat. it looks nothing like what happens when the united states leaves an area, when our armed forces leave an area for better or for worse. i know people are throwing up false analogies and they are