[Chad C. Mulligan]

...I never thought the Russians were going to try to take Kiev, a city of three million, with 40,000 troops. I never claimed that.

I? First person singular? Did you slip and admit that you are actually the Russian military genius whose gambit failed and now you need to CYA? My, my.

[Kazan]

You can’t defend your position. You resorting to lying and character assassination. And, all you have is lame, Cold War-era insults.