Fiona Hill

And, you know, even if I have been an advisor to this president, that president and the other, it doesn't mean I'm, you know, basically speaking on behalf of the U.S.

government.

But there's kind of always an assumption from the Russians that, you know, when people, you know, say this and people do advocate one thing over another, that they're, you know, it's operating.

There's a lot of mirror imaging thinking that, you know, we're operating in the same kind of way.

So, yes.

There are, of course, constituencies who think like that and would love it.

And it's back to that.

And there are many people out there with their own peace plans.

All kinds of people, you know, out there trying to push this.

Yeah, but other people do too.

I mean, there's always, you know, kind of a check.

I think there is a lot of tension.

I mean, I've seen it.

I've seen it inside of the government now, you know, and people can push back.

And that's why I speak out.

And I try to lay it out so that everybody can, you know, kind of figure it out for themselves.

I said the same to you as I say to everybody.

This is how I see the situation, and this is how we can analyze it here.

Now, look, do I think that we've handled the whole Russia account for years?

Well, no, we haven't.