rand paul s head, ambassador taylor, but i do know that one of the central tenets of russian disinformation, as furthered on telegram and other places where it s published in english, is this argument that russia s just trying to restore the countries that used to be part of russia, that they really want to go back to russia. i think it s been a brutal awakening for russia, along with its military, to see that that is not the case in ukraine, but it is one of the tenets of russian disinformation. what do you think when you hear something that perhaps coincidentally is straight out of the russian propaganda playbook come out of the mouth of a sitting u.s. senator? well, nicole, exactly what general mccaffrey said is right. that is, ukraine and these other nations, georgia, moldova, they re sovereign nations. if we want to get back to a world where sovereignty matters, where people abide by rules and don t invade each other s