Steve Kwast

I mean, and so they all want to leave and they want to go to the US or they want to go to Europe. And fewer and fewer now want to go to Europe because they see the suffocation of Europe and the policies that are killing innovation. And there are some good stories about how much they fear us. One of them, and I'll keep this short, because it could be a long story, but the essence is this.

I was in Russia. We were trying to convince the leadership of Russia, okay? This was when Yeltsin was in charge, and Makarov was the equivalent of, General Makarov was the equivalent of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

I was in Russia. We were trying to convince the leadership of Russia, okay? This was when Yeltsin was in charge, and Makarov was the equivalent of, General Makarov was the equivalent of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

I was in Russia. We were trying to convince the leadership of Russia, okay? This was when Yeltsin was in charge, and Makarov was the equivalent of, General Makarov was the equivalent of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

And we were trying to convince them that our missiles, the Aegis Ashore, Aegis at Sea, this is the SM-3 missile that was primarily on Navy ships, and we were looking at putting it in Poland, designed primarily to defend America from Iran and missiles coming to America from Iran.

And we were trying to convince them that our missiles, the Aegis Ashore, Aegis at Sea, this is the SM-3 missile that was primarily on Navy ships, and we were looking at putting it in Poland, designed primarily to defend America from Iran and missiles coming to America from Iran.

And we were trying to convince them that our missiles, the Aegis Ashore, Aegis at Sea, this is the SM-3 missile that was primarily on Navy ships, and we were looking at putting it in Poland, designed primarily to defend America from Iran and missiles coming to America from Iran.

Russia was dead afraid of that because they were afraid it was gonna threaten their ICBMs and their nuclear deterrent posture. And our mission was to convince them that it was not a threat.

Russia was dead afraid of that because they were afraid it was gonna threaten their ICBMs and their nuclear deterrent posture. And our mission was to convince them that it was not a threat.

Russia was dead afraid of that because they were afraid it was gonna threaten their ICBMs and their nuclear deterrent posture. And our mission was to convince them that it was not a threat.

All of the velocities and all of the physics of proving to them that whether it's at sea or on shore, this cannot threaten your nuclear deterrent posture with America, which would be destabilizing, and rightfully so. And after literally days and weeks of arguing and face-to-face, you know, General Makarov slapped the table at one point and stood up and went on a 20-minute tirade.

All of the velocities and all of the physics of proving to them that whether it's at sea or on shore, this cannot threaten your nuclear deterrent posture with America, which would be destabilizing, and rightfully so. And after literally days and weeks of arguing and face-to-face, you know, General Makarov slapped the table at one point and stood up and went on a 20-minute tirade.

All of the velocities and all of the physics of proving to them that whether it's at sea or on shore, this cannot threaten your nuclear deterrent posture with America, which would be destabilizing, and rightfully so. And after literally days and weeks of arguing and face-to-face, you know, General Makarov slapped the table at one point and stood up and went on a 20-minute tirade.

And his interpreter, a young 20-something kid scared out of his wits that there was yelling going on with state leaders in a very, very serious conversation, just basically said, you Americans don't understand. We put Sputnik into space in 1957 and you Americans went apeshit and put a man on the moon. You can do anything you put your mind to.

And his interpreter, a young 20-something kid scared out of his wits that there was yelling going on with state leaders in a very, very serious conversation, just basically said, you Americans don't understand. We put Sputnik into space in 1957 and you Americans went apeshit and put a man on the moon. You can do anything you put your mind to.

And his interpreter, a young 20-something kid scared out of his wits that there was yelling going on with state leaders in a very, very serious conversation, just basically said, you Americans don't understand. We put Sputnik into space in 1957 and you Americans went apeshit and put a man on the moon. You can do anything you put your mind to.

You turn to your industrial base and your innovators and those missiles will kill all of our intercontinental ballistic missiles the moment you tell your industrial base to solve that problem. So we don't give a shit what you say or promise until we get a signed document from President Obama that you will never, Threaten our ICBMs. We have nothing to talk about, so stop wasting our time. Wow. Wow.

You turn to your industrial base and your innovators and those missiles will kill all of our intercontinental ballistic missiles the moment you tell your industrial base to solve that problem. So we don't give a shit what you say or promise until we get a signed document from President Obama that you will never, Threaten our ICBMs. We have nothing to talk about, so stop wasting our time. Wow. Wow.

You turn to your industrial base and your innovators and those missiles will kill all of our intercontinental ballistic missiles the moment you tell your industrial base to solve that problem. So we don't give a shit what you say or promise until we get a signed document from President Obama that you will never, Threaten our ICBMs. We have nothing to talk about, so stop wasting our time. Wow. Wow.

And the subtext from the general officers at my level, not the chairman or the vice president or the president's level, was... I wish we had that kind of industrial base. Now, the Russians have some of the greatest innovative minds on the planet. There's something about the culture of Russia, and I know what it is.