the tail. so fast forward to that day, my daughter actually came and got me and said, dad, come here. i said, what are you talking about? she showed me and i said, let me get the trash can. i used my war techniques and the steve irwin came out in me a little built, you know, steve irwin before youtube, when you watched steve irwin videos, there was no rewind unless you wanted to rewind the tape. so fast-forward in the situation, and i treated him like a hungry hippo mouth. that was absolutely hungry hippo all day long. you said your military training. how did the military help you in this situation? dealing with the adrenaline? when i say military, i m not saying train like actually attack or apprehend alligators, but to be under pressure and not panic and approach the situation
this should be judged within the larger context of russia s rejection of the post cold war international order and aggressive actions against its neighbors. russia s current leaders and president putin in particular perceive the democratic movements in the form of soviet states, the west s general support for human rights, press freedoms, the rule of law and democracy as well as nato and eu enlargement as a threat to what they believe is russia s sphere of influence. putin s russia makes no secret of the fact that it is determined to aggressively halt and counter what it characterizes as western encroachment on its nienl interests. invasion of georgia, annexation of crimea, aggression against ukraine, featuring sophisticated war techniques, a declining economy, sabre rattling in the baltics and baltic sea, against the press, ngos and what remains of the russian democratic