we are not there yet. i think, again, it is going to get worse on the ground, but it is not inconceivable in a matter of days or a week or whatever your time limit is, that is when he will have to make some choices because this simply isn t working on the ground and the opposition at home is beginning to mount. so, richard, there is, of course, option b that he has become irrational. as condi rice said yesterday, he is not the same vladimir putin that she and other diplomats have long known. this could have just been a calculation to demilitarize the country, take control of kyiv swiftly, and have a no-fuss, no-muss invasion. this has been what he tried to do in 2008, a quick five-day invasion. he humiliates the georgians with a peace plan. the same thing happens in crimea in 2014. the same thing happens in syria in 2015. he has made calculated moves in
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