countries don t appear to be slave countries. are you saying that you cannot put the genie back in the bottle now whereas neutrality might have been an option before the invasion, it simply isn t an option now? . , invasion, it simply isn t an option now? ., , ., , ., invasion, it simply isn t an option now? ., , ., ., now? neutrality was never an option for ukraine- now? neutrality was never an option for ukraine- i now? neutrality was never an option for ukraine. i do now? neutrality was never an option for ukraine. i do belong now? neutrality was never an option for ukraine. i do belong to now? neutrality was never an option for ukraine. i do belong to those - for ukraine. i do belong to those people who think that if for example back into thousand and eight, nato would have taken the decision of granting it to ukraine, we wouldn t have had georgian invasion by the russian federation in 2008 and then with the weak response from the west, we wouldn t have seen the 2014 atta
hitler of our times. i m absolutely sure if the west reactions with the sanctions we have now in 2014, when putin annexed crimea and started the war in donbas by 2022 killed 14,000 ukrainians, if we had the sanctions that we have now back in 2014, we wouldn t have had the war that we re having here today. so, unfortunately, putin, when he hears we don t want to escalate, for him, that is the green light that he can go farther and he won t stop. you mentioned earlier, the possibility that russia could use chemical or biological weapons. obviously, we ve heard it s a possibility given what sort of reading they re getting. what is being done to prepare for that threat, how real is that a possibility from where you sit? well, we do consider that to be a real possibility. we are trying to prepare to an
the accountabilities of that, we wouldn t have, perhaps, these crimes today. but all we can do now is to build a solid case. and then press the advantages that we have with these sanctions. if they don t answer the arrest warrants, the sanctions don t come off. that s what happened with s serbia, and liberia. and even though it s hardest to imagine today. we just reported that new u.s. sanctions are coming. we re seeing countries like italy and netherlands today just expelling russian personnel. why is that just happening now? why hasn t the world levied the maximum penalties at this point? well, you know, there was hope, i suppose, that there would be graduated sanctions and things if they got worse there would be another step, another hammer to fall, you know. and of course, we all know that
government when the federal government is letting go of the rope here. they haven t got about this the right way. they haven t had a notice and comment period. this is going to be a catastrophe. they have not done anything. that s why we think we ll be successful. their defense seems weird in this sense that if title 42 were working, we wouldn t have had the surge at the border we are. what did you make of it? i m telling you, it would be a heck of a lot worse. there s no question about it. at least it gives the tools to the border patrol agents to expel folks. once the tools are gone, it will get worse. it sends a stark signal to the cartels. i ve been at the border. the cartels run the show. they y all the border. law enforcement said $100
it s probably going to hit in 23 and 24. i mean it. there is only one way to deal with inflation at this point right? you have to raise the interest rates. everybody understood this, that this day was coming. if trump were still president we wouldn t have had to deal with this. we don t have trump. we have biden. but we still have trump s ideas and policies for those that continue them. biden can attack supply siders but you tell me let any sane ordinary, middle american wonderful blue collar person tell me how is it that spending $5 trillion and raising $2lu trillion or $3 trillion in taxes, how is that going to help the economy?2 where is the common sense here? that s the part i don t get. laura: larry, great to see you tonight. happy new year. you too, laura. laura: with the economy lagging, democrats know they can t win on their achievements.