SHE ARGUES QUOTE WE NEED STRONG
DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES.
TO WIN THE GLOBAL ARGUMENT WITH
A TOXICITY.
HE REALLY RAW TIME CLINTON, AND
SECRETARY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
MAKING MADAM TIME TO BE HERE
TODAY.
SECRETARY, THANK YOU I
APPRECIATE YOU ACCEPTING OUR
INVITATION.
SO MUCH, I APPRECIATE YOU
ACCEPTING OUR INVITATION.
>> HAPPY TO TALK WITH YOU
TONIGHT.
>> FIRST, LET ME ASK YOU IF WE
ARE ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS
HERE.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS WAR, WE
LOOK AT THE PAST FIVE DAYS, DO
YOU THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
TO UNDERSTAND?
>> I THINK ALL OF YOUR
QUESTIONS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
BUT, I WOULD PUT A BIG UMBRELLA
OVER THEM, RACHEL, FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
REALLY, FOR CITIZENS OF ALL
DEMOCRACIES, THAT THIS MAY, AT
FIRST, BE SOMEWHAT CONFUSING
FOR THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING AT IT
FROM THE OUTSIDE.
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, THIS IS
NOT JUST AN UNPROVOKED,
AGGRESSIVE INVASION BY RUSSIA.
IT IS AN EFFORT BY PUTIN AND
THOSE WHO PROP HIM UP AND
ENABLE HIM TO REALLY WAGE WAR
ON THE RULE OF LAW AND
DEMOCRACY, ON FREEDOM.
IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT
AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE LAST DAY,
THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS AND
PEOPLE RALLY TO SUPPORT UKRAINE
IN THE STRUGGLE, BECAUSE IT'S
ALSO OUR STRUGGLE.
>> IN TERMS OF THE WESTERN
RESPONSE, I WILL NOT BE THE
FIRST OBSERVER TO KNOW THAT THE
SPEED AND UNANIMITY OF THE
WESTERN WORLD'S RESPONSE HAS
BEEN A SURPRISE.
THE IDEA THAT THE RUSSIAN
SANCTIONS AT THIS POINT WOULD
BE MULTI LATERAL, THAT EVEN
BANKING SANCTIONS WOULD INVOLVE
COUNTRIES LIKE SINGAPORE AND
SWITZERLAND, OF ALL PLACES.
THAT THE RUSSIAN CENTRAL BANK
WOULD BE SANCTIONED.
THAT COUNTRIES LIKE GERMANY,
WHICH FOR A VERY GOOD CIRCLE
REASONS, DON'T SEND WEAPONS
ABROAD, WILL BE SENDING WEAPONS
DIRECTLY TO THE UKRAINIAN
PEOPLE.
I THINK IT IS A REMARKABLE
SHULL OF SINGLE PURPOSE BY THE
WESTERN WORLD TO HELP.
IT ALSO FEELS LIKE,
SIMULTANEOUSLY MORE THAN WE CAN
IMAGINE, AND ALSO NOT ENOUGH.
HOW DO YOU VIEW THE WESTERN
RESPONSE TO THIS FAR?
>> I AGREE WITH YOU THAT IT IS
REMARKABLE.
I GIVE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION A LOT OF
CREDIT FOR LEADING THE WORLD TO
THIS POINT.
THE STRATEGY OF DISCLOSING
INTELLIGENCE, TO DEMONSTRATE
VERY CLEARLY THAT PUTIN WAS TRYING TO DO ONCE AGAIN WHAT IS
DONE BEFORE, HE WAS THIS VERY CLEARLY THAT PUTIN WAS TRYING TO DO ONCE AGAIN WHAT IS
DONE BEFORE, HE WAS THIS
INFORMATION, FALSE FLAG
OPERATIONS, ALSO ORDER TO TRY
TO JUSTIFY AN UNJUSTIFIABLE
INVASION WAS INCREDIBLY SMART.
UNPRECEDENTED, AND IT SEEMS TO
HAVE REALLY WOKEN UP SO MUCH OF
THE WORLD AND STYMIED PROTEIN.
RINGING NOT JUST EUROPE BUT AS
YOU SAY, COUNTRIES AS FAR FLUNG
A SINGLE FOR, EVEN JAPAN AND
OTHERS UNDERSTAND THAT THIS
THREAT WAS GLOBAL.
IT CERTAINLY IS A DIRECT THREAT
TO WESTERN DEMOCRACIES RIGHT IN
THE HEART OF EUROPE, BUT TO LET
AN AUTOCRAT DO WHAT'S PUTIN
DECIDED TO DO IS SOMETHING THAT
EVERYBODY HAS A STAKE IN TRYING
TO STOP.
SO, UP UNTIL NOW, THE KIND OF
ECONOMIC PRESSURES THAT HAVE
BEEN BROUGHT TO BEAR, I THINK
ARE NOT ONLY REMARKABLE, BUT
SEEM TO BE REALLY BITING.
AND THE SECOND POINT YOU MAKE,
PROVIDING NECESSARY WEAPONS TO
UKRAINE HAS BEGUN.
IT NEEDS TO BE ACCELERATED.
UKRAINIANS NEED STINGER
MISSILES TO SHOOT DOWN RUSSIAN
AIRCRAFT, THEY NEED JAVELIN
MISSILES TO STOP TANKS.
THEY NEED A LOT OF AMMUNITION,
THEY NEED AS MUCH SUPPORT AS
THEY POSSIBLY CAN BE GIVEN.
BECAUSE IT IS A TWO-PRONGED
APPROACH NOW.
THE PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY, WHO
HAS BEEN EXTRAORDINARY AND
DESERVES THE THANKS AND
GRATITUDE, APPRECIATION AND
ADMIRATION OF ALL OF US, IS
TRYING TO OPERATE ON TWO
LEVELS.
HE'S TRYING TO CONTINUE TO
RALLY PEOPLE, TO FIGHT THE
RUSSIAN INVADERS, BUT HE'S ALSO
SAYING, LOOK, I'LL TALK TO YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN COME OF
IT, BECAUSE THAT IS A POSSIBLE
WAY OUT.
IF THE UKRAINIANS, WITH OUR
HELD, CAN IMPOSE ENOUGH
ECONOMIC PAIN ON PUTIN AND,
SADLY, THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE,
COMBINED WITH PROVIDING WEAPONS,
THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY WAY
THAT RIGHT NOW I CAN SEE IS