worry maybe i need to negotiate to at least preserve what i have. i think that this is a calculation really about power, hard power and control. the number of times you meet with them is not going to change that. all that said, i m always in favor of, you know, diplomacy off ramps, keep the conversation going. don t make any foolish concessions, but the language putin recognizes so clearly this should be abundantly clear at this point is force hard power, hard military power. a sobering reality, fareed zakaria, thank you very much. coming up, liberated ukraine, clarissa ward talks to those who survived more than a month of russian occupation. which makes waking up at 5 a.m. to milk the cows a little easier. (moo) mabel says for y you, it s more like 5:15. man: mom, really?
i have had the opportunity to mea m meet him a number of times, interview him. he s very comfortable with a very straight, direct conversation. he has some you know, i think there s a certain kind of internal confidence that he radiates in some ways. so i m not i m not sure that that was as unexpected as it might have been, but, john, i think one of the things we all have to recognize is many people who have met him many, many more times than i have all feel this is a different putin. that 22 years in power, you know, a decade of rising oil prices, two years of covid isolation where people had to quarantine for two weeks before they could even have a five-minute meeting with him, this may be a different person, more arrogant, more prickly, more isolated so, so in that se
the u.s. armed forces are an enormously powerful institution. over 2 million men and women. they re actually getting prepared to fight if the united states or our regional allies are attacked. that s their sole mission. and i think they are leaning forward now without any overt planning, getting ready to back up diplomacy with hard military power. talk to me finally about a point you made a few weeks back about kim jong-un s sister going to the olympics and the coverage and interest she generated in south korea. we have no understanding for that here. no, i think kim jong-un s sister i think first of all she s the most trusted family member and advisor to kim jong-un. she put a human face to this totalitarian regime. so i think in terms of kim jung-un trying to have this huge makeover, she was very useful in that regard. she represented the north korean delegation going to the south korean olympics. and she was hugely popular and well received in south korea. again, she put a human
and i think they are leaning forward now without any overt planning, getting ready to back up diplomacy with hard military power. talk to me finally about a point you made a few weeks back about kim jong-un s sister going to the olympics and the coverage and interest she generated in south korea. we have no understanding for that here. no, i think kim jong-un s sister i think first of all she s the most trusted family member and advisor to kim jong-un. she put a human face to this totalitarian regime. so i think in terms of kim jung-un trying to have this huge makeover, she was very useful in that regard. she represented the north korean delegation going to the south korean olympics. and she was hugely popular and well received in south korea. again, she put a human face in to north korea. our great thanks on a friday night. we really appreciate any time we can have you both on. thank you so so much. coming up nearly a week
the u.s. armed forces are an enormously powerful institution. over 2 million men and women. they re actually getting prepared to fight if the united states or our regional allies are attacked. that s their sole mission. and i think they are leaning forward now without any overt planning, getting ready to back up diplomacy with hard military power. talk to me finally about a point you made a few weeks back about kim jong-un s sister going to the olympics and the coverage and interest she generated in south korea. we have no understanding for that here. no, i think kim jong-un s sister i think first of all she s the most trusted family member and advisor to kim jong-un. she put a human face to this totalitarian regime. so i think in terms of kim jung-un trying to have this huge makeover, she was very useful in that regard. she represented the north korean delegation going to the south korean olympics.